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I feel like e2ee on phones with OSes from the big two is a lost cause. I'll bet this is the year where open hardware/bios starts getting more popular, hopefully
by trinsic2 7mo ago
I feel like e2ee on phones with OSes from the big two is a lost cause.
I'll bet this is the year where open hardware/bios starts getting more popular, hopefully. So we can have open hardware/software.
- fsflover 7mo agoGNU/Linux phones already exist. See: Librem 5 and Pinephone.
- subscribed 7mo agoIf you like privacy without security then yeah .
- fsflover 7mo agoThere is no security in a vacuum. Security depends on your threat model. I use Firefox with NoScript and never run untrusted apps on my Librem 5.
- vova_hn2 7mo agoI find it really off putting, how weak is their hardware, compared to a normal Android phone in a similar price range.
- fsflover 7mo agoWeak hardware can work quite well with optimized and non-bloated software (which doesn't constantly phone home). For example, maps and Youtube work smoothly on Pinephone with SXMo. See also: https://puri.sm/posts/the-danger-of-focusing-on-specs/ https://puri.sm/posts/the-danger-of-focusing-on-specs/.
- vova_hn2 7mo agoI hope so, but I just don't understand what exactly causes such massive price difference. Is it because this kind of phones are a very niche product so they can't benefit from the economy of scale? Maybe android phone manufacturers can get better deals from chip manufacturers because they buy chips in large quantities?
- fsflover 7mo agoNiche product, non-standard components, strict requirements of free drivers with GNU/Linux support: https://puri.sm/posts/breaking-ground/ https://puri.sm/posts/breaking-ground/
- fragmede 7mo agoYes exactly that. The weak hardware at those prices are the best they can afford. The economy of scale that they can afford let's them charge that little for flagship phone and still makes money. People won't put their money where their mouths are, we're all too cheap to pay what things are really worth.
- trinsic2 7mo agoIt's not just this but there are also devices that can be sold artificially cheaper because advertisers are the real customers
- sisve 7mo agoEven with e/os/ or another u De-googled version of android? Not directly to you but in general: I do not think (most) of Europe is going the same direction as US. I actually see a lot of hope in response to EU leaders about digital infrastructure, communication & security. we have started to stop realing on America, but it will take 10-20 years before you see the entire crash trump made
- trinsic2 7mo agoYea sorry I was speaking from the U.S. perspective. But still Europe is still involved in certain things like age gating. That is a clear sign that there are some entrenched interests that want to erode privacy on that front. I hope that moving away from U.S. corps for communication services happens. We (U.S.) really need a kick in the pants. I feel like there is authoritarian agendas everywhere now though.
- gzread 7mo agoIs Google snooping your SimpleX chats?
- fsflover 7mo agoWe don't know. They seem to have this capability though.