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But remote attestation doesn't completely prevent you from running custom ROMs. Rather the problem is if you want to use various proprietary crapps/websites tha
by mindslight 3y ago
But remote attestation doesn't completely prevent you from running custom ROMs. Rather the problem is if you want to use various proprietary crapps/websites that insist on performing attestation. So there doesn't seem to be a point into choosing a "dumb phone" besides as some sort of protest. Rather for each of your devices you'll choose having a libre user-representing (ie secure) OS, or a locked down web TV equivalent. I'd personally choose my pocket device to be running secure libre software, and then use any proprietary crapps on a tablet that stays at home. If remote attestation gets so bad that I can't even do things like access store apps on a libre/secure device, then I'll carry two, with the libre/secure device supplying wifi AP to the other.
(this comment is most certainly not meant as any sort of defense of remote attestation)
- xg15 3y agoThe problem is, that's where the network effect bites you in the butt. With functioning remote attestation, platforms can lock down their APIs, so there often will not be a libre alternative. I.e. if your friends are on signal or whatsapp or twitter or whatever, you'll have to use a second phone to contact them, which will probably soon become your primary phone.
- mindslight 3y agoSure, if things get really bad and I couldn't convince friends to use libre-supporting services and/or texting no longer works, then I'd have to choose my main pocket device to be locked down. I'd probably still try to carry the libre device as a secondary one to have access to trustable apps while out, but I can see that being too inconvenient and giving up on it. But my point was that still doesn't indicate moving to a "dumb" phone. A dumb phone is just a locked down device with even fewer capabilities.