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Yes, please! Unfortunately, your smartphone doesn't (really) belong to you. It's a shared property between the hardware maker, the low level software producer (

Yes, please! Unfortunately, your smartphone doesn't (really) belong to you. It's a shared property between the hardware maker, the low level software producer (Qualcomm or Apple), the os owner (Google or Apple) and maybe finally you. Undocumented hardware plus closed source drivers for almost everything make all this possible.

fsflover 2y ago
> your smartphone doesn't (really) belong to you. Speak for yourself. Sent from my Librem 5.
- notorandit 2y ago
  Fair! But 0.000001% of the market is hardly a point.
  - fsflover 2y ago
    The problem with your comment is that you didn't suggest any solution.
    - notorandit 2y ago
      Because there is none. Freedom is a game. Are you really free to bake your own bread? (Think about wheat, mills, water, salt, yeast, energy, oven...). I simply point to the fact that you have no control. Just it's illusion. Ask yourself, how can law enforcement push a software trojan into any mobile phone without physically touching it.
      - fsflover 2y ago
        > Ask yourself, how can law enforcement push a software trojan into any mobile phone without physically touching it. Can they? > Are you really free to bake your own bread? (Think about Yes. It's not easy, but it's not impossible. You have to fight for your freedom to get it.
        notorandit 2y ago
        Yes, they can. This is another reason for having closed source blobs running as root under Linux/Android to manage all communication. You cannot fight for this, unless you design both the communication hardware and its firmware and you get away from Google Play.
        fsflover 2y ago
        > You cannot fight for this, unless design both the communication hardware and its firmware This is exactly what my phone is. There are no blobs. It runs FSF-endorsed PureOS. Using it is fighting.
        notorandit 2y ago
        3GB RAM? 4G only? No, thanks. And, btw, are you running Google Play services? In this case, all of your efforts have been made useless.
        fsflover 2y ago
        AFAIK you can't run Google Play services on GNU/Linux. > 3GB RAM? 4G only? Fighting, you know, requires some compromises. See also: https://puri.sm/posts/the-danger-of-focusing-on-specs/ https://puri.sm/posts/the-danger-of-focusing-on-specs/

fsflover 2y ago

> your smartphone doesn't (really) belong to you. Speak for yourself. Sent from my Librem 5.

notorandit 2y ago
Fair! But 0.000001% of the market is hardly a point.
- fsflover 2y ago
  The problem with your comment is that you didn't suggest any solution.
  - notorandit 2y ago
    Because there is none. Freedom is a game. Are you really free to bake your own bread? (Think about wheat, mills, water, salt, yeast, energy, oven...). I simply point to the fact that you have no control. Just it's illusion. Ask yourself, how can law enforcement push a software trojan into any mobile phone without physically touching it.
    - fsflover 2y ago
      > Ask yourself, how can law enforcement push a software trojan into any mobile phone without physically touching it. Can they? > Are you really free to bake your own bread? (Think about Yes. It's not easy, but it's not impossible. You have to fight for your freedom to get it.
      - notorandit 2y ago
        Yes, they can. This is another reason for having closed source blobs running as root under Linux/Android to manage all communication. You cannot fight for this, unless you design both the communication hardware and its firmware and you get away from Google Play.
        fsflover 2y ago
        > You cannot fight for this, unless design both the communication hardware and its firmware This is exactly what my phone is. There are no blobs. It runs FSF-endorsed PureOS. Using it is fighting.
        notorandit 2y ago
        3GB RAM? 4G only? No, thanks. And, btw, are you running Google Play services? In this case, all of your efforts have been made useless.
        fsflover 2y ago
        AFAIK you can't run Google Play services on GNU/Linux. > 3GB RAM? 4G only? Fighting, you know, requires some compromises. See also: https://puri.sm/posts/the-danger-of-focusing-on-specs/ https://puri.sm/posts/the-danger-of-focusing-on-specs/