Hello All!
Bitcoin millionaire launches "Freedom Phone" to "fight the Big
tech overlords"
Erik Finman, the youngest Bitcoin millionaire, has launched a
UNCENSORABLE mobile device he calls "the best phone in the
world" and that he says will take the fight to Big Tech.
"Your data, your rules. I believe you have a voice that
deserves to be heard without being censored. Big Tech hold a
monopoly on public communication, dissemination of information,
and they are abusing that power."
The phone has its own App Store, an OS that has no app,
keyboard or location tracking and a privacy guard that warns
users when they're being tracked by any app or website, and
Hello All!
Bitcoin millionaire launches "Freedom Phone" to "fight the Big
tech overlords"
Erik Finman, the youngest Bitcoin millionaire, has launched a
UNCENSORABLE mobile device he calls "the best phone in the
world" and that he says will take the fight to Big Tech.
"Your data, your rules. I believe you have a voice that
deserves to be heard without being censored. Big Tech hold a
monopoly on public communication, dissemination of information,
and they are abusing that power."
The phone has its own App Store, an OS that has no app,
keyboard or location tracking and a privacy guard that warns
users when they're being tracked by any app or website, and
allows them to block it.
https://freedomphone.com/
Bitcoin millionaire launches "Freedom Phone" to "fight the Big
tech overlords"
Erik Finman, the youngest Bitcoin millionaire, has launched a
UNCENSORABLE mobile device he calls "the best phone in the
world" and that he says will take the fight to Big Tech.
"Your data, your rules. I believe you have a voice that
deserves to be heard without being censored. Big Tech hold a
monopoly on public communication, dissemination of information,
and they are abusing that power."
The phone has its own App Store, an OS that has no app,
keyboard or location tracking and a privacy guard that warns
users when they're being tracked by any app or website, and
allows them to block it.
https://freedomphone.com/
I am still waiting for any of these things to hit really strong.
The problem is that for this to happen there needs to stop
being social pressure for using the Big Tech infected
phones. Try surviving with no iOS or Android in Spain and
you are mostly left without Internet Banking at all, among
other things. At the rate they are closing offices, I'd
rather say without Banking _at all_.
not really seeing much about the specs, though
I think I'll pass, especially after it turns out the FBI sold and
marketed an encrypted device/network and then proceeded to arrest over 800 people as a result of it.
https://www.engadget.com/fbi-encrypted-chat-app-anom-criminals-102001487.h tml
Hello Arelor!
** On Thursday 15.07.21 - 08:36, Arelor wrote to Ogg:
https://freedomphone.com/
I am still waiting for any of these things to hit really strong.
The problem is that for this to happen there needs to stop
being social pressure for using the Big Tech infected
phones. Try surviving with no iOS or Android in Spain and
you are mostly left without Internet Banking at all, among
other things. At the rate they are closing offices, I'd
rather say without Banking _at all_.
There is more info emerging about the freedomphone. Apparently
it's a de-Googled Android. So.. wouldn't bankking still work
in Spain?
DaiTengu wrote to Ogg <=-
I think I'll pass, especially after it turns out the FBI sold and marketed an encrypted device/network and then proceeded to arrest over
800 people as a result of it.
https://www.engadget.com/fbi-encrypted-chat-app-anom-criminals-102001487 .html
A Linux-based phone is sounding like a better idea the more I look at it. Can I get a GUI-based IRC client and VPN?
https://www.engadget.com/fbi-encrypted-chat-app-anom-criminals-10200
1487 .html
A Linux-based phone is sounding like a better idea the more I look at it. Can I get a GUI-based IRC client and VPN?
A Linux-based phone is sounding like a better idea the more I look at i Can I get a GUI-based IRC client and VPN?
Android is linux-based. http://source.android.com
Android may have a lot of Linux code under the trunk, but it certainly does not feel like using a common Linux distribution at all.
I suspect PF is thinking of a phone which loads a Linux+GNU
distribution, as the ones people runs on servers or workstations :-)
Android may have a lot of Linux code under the trunk, but it certainly does not feel like using a common Linux distribution at all.
Re: Re: freedom phone
By: Arelor to DaiTengu on Sat Aug 07 2021 05:02 am
Android may have a lot of Linux code under the trunk, but it certainly does not feel like using a common Linux distribution at all.
What would you expect a Linux phone OS to look like? Would you want it to r a Linux window manager like Gnome or Compiz or something and run Linux deskt apps?
Nightfox
Nightfox wrote to Arelor <=-
What would you expect a Linux phone OS to look like? Would you want it
to run a Linux window manager like Gnome or Compiz or something and run Linux desktop apps?
Arelor wrote to Nightfox <=-
What I miss is using common Linux / GNU Coreutils tools out of the box
for day to day management. In a "proper" Linux phone you could use
apt-get or sbotools to install a Strongswan package, use /etc/ethers
for setting arp entries, and Iptables for firewall rules.
There are ways to run proper Linux programs on Android, but they are limited and feel much like running an emulator.
I am not sure common window managers are a great fit for small screens myself. Big desktop environments seem to be bent into being usable on mobile devices but I have never tried them on that environment.
Imagine finally being able to do the "docked phone as a desktop" deal companies have tried selling for years. Make a clamshell with a monitor, keyboard, trackpad, and just enough guts to run VNC, and VNC into your phone, running a full Linux distro.
Or, VNC in from any old desktop and get a full environment that you can take with you.
Arelor wrote to Nightfox <=-
What I miss is using common Linux / GNU Coreutils tools out of the box for day to day management. In a "proper" Linux phone you could use apt-get or sbotools to install a Strongswan package, use /etc/ethers for setting arp entries, and Iptables for firewall rules.
There are ways to run proper Linux programs on Android, but they are limited and feel much like running an emulator.
I am not sure common window managers are a great fit for small screens myself. Big desktop environments seem to be bent into being usable on mobile devices but I have never tried them on that environment.
Imagine finally being able to do the "docked phone as a desktop" deal companies have tried selling for years. Make a clamshell with a monitor, keyboard, trackpad, and just enough guts to run VNC, and VNC into your phone, running a full Linux distro.
Or, VNC in from any old desktop and get a full environment that you can take with you.
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