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Will OSS also deliver cell towers? Otherwise the talk about privacy does not make much sense.
by rimantas 13y ago
Will OSS also deliver cell towers? Otherwise the talk about privacy does not make much sense.
- bad_user 13y agoOSS can deliver good encryption solutions and can greatly enhance security. No solution is perfect, but if you read the trail of Snowden-branded leaks and the opinions of security experts, the greatest weapon that the NSA possess are the vulnerabilities and backdoors planted on people's own devices. Plus, NSA is not the only enemy, or the enemy most of us should fear, but rather organized crime syndicates or business competitors, which for many of us are much more immediate threats. You're making the mistake of thinking that just because all security solutions are imperfect, they are somehow equal. You're wrong!
- qwerta 13y agoI was talking more about content of the phone: emails, passwords, pictures, contact lists... But proper OSS phone could give answer to GSM location as well. Imagine network similar to Tor, where SIM would be emulated on phone and shared among community members. Phone would automatically rotate SIM and network IDs every hour. The actual voice call would be over encrypted VOIP. I am not saying it would be practical (or even legal), but OSS could solve technical part of it.