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by kop316 5y ago
To my knowledge, no open source implimentation of RCS exists. On Android, the AOSP messaging app does not allow for RCS, only the proprietary Google version of Messaging does. This instantly excludes anyone who wants to use RCS but does not
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by kop316 5y ago
> Only if js is blocked do they need to resort to those ridiculous multi-level games they make you play. In all fairness, i usually do that.
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by kop316 5y ago
> Being asked by a machine to prove that you are human is sometimes really humiliating In a quite a few instances, I find it flattering, because it implies "we haven't sucked enough data on you already to know if you are a huma
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by kop316 5y ago
Yep..... I'm not endorsing them per se, I'm just saying work is going on to get them to work on pmOS (and Mobian).
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by kop316 5y ago
http://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Devices It also supports the Librem 5, but also the Oneplus 6 and 6T
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by kop316 5y ago
Honestly after using Android for so long too, even just AOSP has gotten much more user hostile. Running root used to be very simple and semi-sanctioned. Now you have to essentially rootkit your phone (Magisk) for it. Most of the AOSP progra
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by kop316 5y ago
> I want to use it as a daily driver What I have encountered is the requirements for it being a daily driver are user specific. I have seen a fair amount of users say "I need $FOO app to work", where $FOO is some an app only de
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by kop316 5y ago
Respectfully, I think you missed the point of my reply. The person asked: "Would love to hear if anyone is actually using a Linux phone and enjoying it." ...so I responded about what I enjoy about using a "Linux Phone".
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by kop316 5y ago
> The software is not anywhere near audited Many of the projects leverage a well known OS as their base (e.g. pmOS uses Alpine Linux, Mobian uses Debian), and actively ensure that anything that can be upstreamed is upstreamed. So it&#x2
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by kop316 5y ago
> Yeah this is the mobile phone equivalent of growing your own vegetables. Sadly...I know. The unfortunate thing is my recommendation for my family/friends for a phone is an iPhone, because it really is the best for security/pr
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by kop316 5y ago
> Problem is you end up with a vastly inferior hardware device that costs nearly as much as an iPhone. The Pinephone is $150/$200. > Would love to hear if anyone is actually using a Linux phone and enjoying it. I have one, and I
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by kop316 5y ago
One option is getting a Phone that has an unlocked bootloader so one can load their own ROM without Goople Play Services. I have a Pixel 3a with LineageOS, no Google Play. I'm pretty happy with it. While the Pinephone isn't perfec
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by kop316 5y ago
> Great, so what's the solution? I'd argue: avoid using proprietary networks, avoid vendor lock-in with software and hardware, and use hardware that one is allowed to use their own software on. Champion using open and federated
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by kop316 5y ago
This is a dup of: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28053808 From my other comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28054329 There is a severe misunderstanding of what Homomorphic Encryption is, but
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by kop316 5y ago
That makes the VERY BIG assumption that you know a priori what the ciphertext is in real time, just FYI.
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by kop316 5y ago
That's fair, I just wanted to give a single example!
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by kop316 5y ago
My understanding is homomorphic encryption is extremely useful if you want to do computation on someone else's server with data that you don't want to reveal. However, in practice, you reveal some information about the data if you
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by kop316 5y ago
> learning on encrypted data In reading through the readme, its data the user encrypts (which is a goal of homomorphic encryption), not learning on data of someone else that is encrypted. Assuming data us properly encrypted, it is indist
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by kop316 5y ago
I'm not sure who wrote this, but....ohhh boy: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homomorphic_encryption I'm not sure how the author jumped to the conclusions they did, but they show a severe misunderstanding of
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by kop316 5y ago
Frankly I worry about the unintended consequences of decisions like this. My university uses Google for many of their online services. Due to Google policies/recommendations, it de facto will not work on an Android Phone without Play S
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by kop316 5y ago
So a few of the pmOS folks were kind enough to discuss the pmOS structure with me, so I will try to summerize here: pmOS has really good tooling called pmbootstrap. They are able to use the downstream kernels directly (or a mainline kernel
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by kop316 5y ago
I added some links to show videos/images of Mobian. If you have any specific you find that would be useful, I am happy to add them as well.
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by kop316 5y ago
I'm not the squeek keyboard dev, so I do not know. They have a "terminal" layout, which works well for me when I need more full-PC layouts.
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by kop316 5y ago
To the best of my knowledge, you can make a custom layout on the Phosh keyboard with a layout file. IIRC it isn't too difficult.
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by kop316 5y ago
Interesting. I unfortunately don't know enough about Phosh to comment on it, but I wonder if you bring it up to the Phosh developers, they may have better commentary on design choices?
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by kop316 5y ago
> Do you have a threat/security model? Not explicitly no. Implicitly, it would be the same as Debian, and I would argue we go for sane/common sense security defaults. Is there a particular threat your worried about/want me
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by kop316 5y ago
> You are ignoring the main point of the grandparent. Respectfully, I do not think so. I went into great detail about how Debian has technical measures to prevent tampering from upstream. If one does not trust upstream programs....well t
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by kop316 5y ago
I have no affiliation with this project, so I actually have no idea. However, I wish them the best of luck on it!
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by kop316 5y ago
We welcome users, testers, and new developers! I actually started development with Mobian earlier this year. I personally would recommend getting a Pinephone for it.
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by kop316 5y ago
Unfortunately expectations are very individual based, which was why many of my answers were not very helpful. > Is the OS stable? Are there apps that crash a lot? The OS and the apps are stable, Mobian is based on testing/sid, but i

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