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That you know of also ;) Many privacy-concious people opt for software that allows them to verifiably control their hardware, be it desktop/laptop or smartphon

by h4waii 7y ago

That you know of also ;) Many privacy-concious people opt for software that allows them to verifiably control their hardware, be it desktop/laptop or smartphone. Some will go the extra step to physically remove or disable microphones and speakers.

drewbug 7y ago
verifiably?
- astrobe_ 7y ago
  A synonym for "open source".
  - acdha 7y ago
    Open source would only be the start: you still need to build or forensically audit each component (hardware or software) or you’re fooling yourself.
    - Fnoord 7y ago
      Reproducible builds.
saagarjha 7y ago
> Many privacy-concious people opt for software that allows them to verifiably control their hardware, be it desktop/laptop or smartphone. I know a fair number of privacy-concious people, and not one of them have any sort of verifiable control of their hardware. It's surprisingly hard to do this, it turns out…
- johnr2 7y ago
  > I know a fair number of privacy-concious people, and not one of them have any sort of verifiable control of their hardware. I have a reasonable level of confidence that my use of wirecutters and/or soldering iron gives me enough control over this kind of thing. It's impractical on a smartphone, but I solve that by not owning one.