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There’s only so far you can go with this. Few people will go for a libre phone, for example. Even as a tech-literate person, current state of PinePhone and Libr
by rich_sasha 5y ago
There’s only so far you can go with this. Few people will go for a libre phone, for example. Even as a tech-literate person, current state of PinePhone and LibrePhone just doesn’t enable me to rely on either as a daily driver.
Also, you might protect yourself like this, but what about people you message and share data with? Gmail sees the emails of its own users and their conversations.
Injecting sanity into things like Apple’s CSAM scanning matters to everyone.
- fsflover 5y agoYes, GNU/Linux phones are currently a niche. However, the HN community could help their development and popularization, which is what I try to do. Also, there are phones with preinstalled /e/OS to use now.
- giantg2 5y agoYeah, I would love to get a more secure or privacy friendly phone. I'm not sure I want to leave Android though since I made some apps on it. I guess I could make apps for the other phones' systems, but I don't know...