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I'd love to have a tin-foil hat device like that today, to make a stance in public against surveillance economy and mindless consumption. LCD, removable battery

I'd love to have a tin-foil hat device like that today, to make a stance in public against surveillance economy and mindless consumption. LCD, removable battery, GBA-like bulkiness, and other retro traits helping with power efficiency and sustainability would be a plus, too.

mnmmn123456 5y ago
GBA = Gameboy Advanced
- frosted-flakes 5y ago
  Game Boy Advance
Fnoord 5y ago
Pinephone will have a hardware keyboard and has a user-replaceable, removable battery. PS: if you want to make a stance, go back to analog world ;-)
zibzab 5y ago
If openness is your thing, you can get a N900 and run a your own Linux on it. Or you can try getting the developers phone N950 on ebay, which has more recent hardware. If I was forced to use an old Nokia as my daily driver, I would probable use a 5800 instead.
amarsahinovic 5y ago
This might be interesting (although it does not tick all of your boxes) https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/astro-slide-5g-transformer/x/13646077#/ https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/astro-slide-5g-transforme...
fsflover 5y ago
Here you go: https://puri.sm/products/librem-5 https://puri.sm/products/librem-5 and https://pine64.org/pinephone https://pine64.org/pinephone. FAQ about the first one: https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/community-wiki/-/wikis/Frequently-Asked-Questions https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/community-wiki/-/wikis/Freque....
- amelius 5y ago
  How well do the Android apps run on it (using Anbox)? I'd need that for running my banking app.
  - fsflover 5y ago
    https://puri.sm/posts/anbox-on-the-librem-5/ https://puri.sm/posts/anbox-on-the-librem-5/ Also, see the FAQ.
  - danhor 5y ago
    Do note that many banking apps use google safetynet, which means they won't work on anything that deviates too much from normal android and it won't work on anbox.
    - fsflover 5y ago
      This is exactly why one needs to make a stance in public against surveillance economy. The government and banks should not support the duopoly.
    - amelius 5y ago
      :(
  - swiley 5y ago
    I still haven't gotten anbox to work but I also realized every single app that I used besides Snapchat had a website that worked well (including my banking app.) Some banking apps apparently include a TOTP implementation, this is a trivial algorithm and there are many native Linux apps for it.
- p4bl0 5y ago
  I know this is off-topic but wow, following your links I just read this on the Puri.sm site: > Introducing Librem AweSIM: > Unlimited talk, text, and data for just $99/mo "just"? Really? Isn't that awefully expensive?! I have a plan with ulnimited talk, text, and 40GB of data that I use extensively (including for a lot of youtube videos) and I've never hit this limit. I pay €8/mo for that. For people who would need even more data, there are 200GB plan for less than €20/mo.
zozbot234 5y ago
Lots of people building customized, hacker-friendly "cyberdecks" these days. Just pick your favorite.

mnmmn123456 5y ago

GBA = Gameboy Advanced

frosted-flakes 5y ago
Game Boy Advance

Fnoord 5y ago

Pinephone will have a hardware keyboard and has a user-replaceable, removable battery. PS: if you want to make a stance, go back to analog world ;-)

zibzab 5y ago

If openness is your thing, you can get a N900 and run a your own Linux on it. Or you can try getting the developers phone N950 on ebay, which has more recent hardware. If I was forced to use an old Nokia as my daily driver, I would probable use a 5800 instead.

amarsahinovic 5y ago

This might be interesting (although it does not tick all of your boxes) https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/astro-slide-5g-transformer/x/13646077#/ https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/astro-slide-5g-transforme...

fsflover 5y ago

Here you go: https://puri.sm/products/librem-5 https://puri.sm/products/librem-5 and https://pine64.org/pinephone https://pine64.org/pinephone. FAQ about the first one: https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/community-wiki/-/wikis/Frequently-Asked-Questions https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/community-wiki/-/wikis/Freque....

amelius 5y ago
How well do the Android apps run on it (using Anbox)? I'd need that for running my banking app.
- fsflover 5y ago
  https://puri.sm/posts/anbox-on-the-librem-5/ https://puri.sm/posts/anbox-on-the-librem-5/ Also, see the FAQ.
- danhor 5y ago
  Do note that many banking apps use google safetynet, which means they won't work on anything that deviates too much from normal android and it won't work on anbox.
  - fsflover 5y ago
    This is exactly why one needs to make a stance in public against surveillance economy. The government and banks should not support the duopoly.
  - amelius 5y ago
    :(
- swiley 5y ago
  I still haven't gotten anbox to work but I also realized every single app that I used besides Snapchat had a website that worked well (including my banking app.) Some banking apps apparently include a TOTP implementation, this is a trivial algorithm and there are many native Linux apps for it.
p4bl0 5y ago
I know this is off-topic but wow, following your links I just read this on the Puri.sm site: > Introducing Librem AweSIM: > Unlimited talk, text, and data for just $99/mo "just"? Really? Isn't that awefully expensive?! I have a plan with ulnimited talk, text, and 40GB of data that I use extensively (including for a lot of youtube videos) and I've never hit this limit. I pay €8/mo for that. For people who would need even more data, there are 200GB plan for less than €20/mo.

zozbot234 5y ago

Lots of people building customized, hacker-friendly "cyberdecks" these days. Just pick your favorite.