> I wish we had open source modern lte hardware We don't need that; if our data is encrypted the modem hardware sees only noise passing through. Yes, it can kn

> I wish we had open source modern lte hardware We don't need that; if our data is encrypted the modem hardware sees only noise passing through. Yes, it can know who we are speaking with or which address we're connecting to, but that information would be already known by the carriers anyway and shared with whoever has the power to tell them to. All we need is Free and Open Source Software and Hardware outside of the modem, so that our data can't be intercepted before it is being encrypted or after it is being decrypted - think about a malicious app intercepting where you tap the screen so that it can read all your passwords even before they're fed into some app or a browser code. Now think what would happen if this malicious code was built into the screen driver itself, or the storage driver for data that comes encrypted but is being decrypted to be read and stored by the user. We badly need open source everywhere, but asking for it in radio hardware is a lost cause; carriers will never open up their devices, and for a very good reason.