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tallshipFor consideration by the privacy conscious folks out there, tired off being raped wholesale by the Google silos...<br><br>Before I begin this little phone rant, haber you read the great news about <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.cloud/tag/vivaldi" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vivaldi</a> categorically rejecting Google's latest insidious advertising scheme? I wonder if <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.cloud/tag/firefox" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Firefox</a> will need able to resist? They get a lot of their dev money from Google y'know 🤘😎🤘<br><br>Okay then... What are some kewl choices that help protect your privacy where phones are concerned?<br><br>There's <a href="https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/</a> it's got physical switches to turn off the cellular radio and can even be completely removed and replaced (for a different IMSI - not to be confused with <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.cloud/tag/imei" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IMEI</a> which is tied to the SIM).<br><br>The battery is removable as well - w00t !! So not even the NSA can turn your phone on remotely lolz, and it will accept a whopper 2TB Micro-SD.<br><br>Do you ever lie awake in bed at night wondering why you can't get a phone with a removable battery? <br><br>I don't either anymore!<br><br>There are other physical kill switches that can turn off GPS, Wifi radio, and the mic/camera.<br><br>Imagine that though... Changing out your <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.cloud/tag/imsi" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IMSI</a> in less than a minute without changing your OS or three configs for your installed applications! That's the one thing you can NEVER change on any other phone - meaning, there's no such thing as a <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.cloud/tag/burner_phone" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#burner_phone</a> (meaning, swapping out SIM cards is pointless) and anyone who thinks so.... OkayI'll be nice (I'm practicing being family friendly.... at least part of the time). But now there is a true burner phone, you quite literally can swap that puppy out Easy Peasy!<br><br>There's also the Pine Phone:<br><a href="https://www.pine64.org/pinephone/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.pine64.org/pinephone/</a><br><br>The <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.cloud/tag/pine_phone" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pine_Phone</a> is privacy respecting in the sense that it isn't actually an Android by any measure at all, but rather, a handheld Linux computer (pick your distro, I prefer <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.cloud/tag/slackware" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Slackware</a> or <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.cloud/tag/debian" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Debian</a>). It can also function as a phone secondarily. I use a small <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.cloud/tag/bluetooth" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bluetooth</a> keyboard that can switch between three devices, and that would be a really handy setup for this er... phone, right? ;) Or you can use a full sized wireless combo keyboard/mouse and monitor for a <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.cloud/tag/linux" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> box that fits in your pocket when you walk away from your desk.<br><br>Do you need it to do something really special? Tell me, what can't you do with a real Linux machine? Okay, you can't chop 🪓 🪵 wood or do laundry.<br><br>Really though, how kewl is that???<br><br>Neither are the best of any world though, but they are best in breed IMNSHO.<br><br>Let's look at pure <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.cloud/tag/android" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Android</a> solutions now, k?<br><br>For <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.cloud/tag/roms" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ROMs</a> I prefer <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.cloud/tag/calixos" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CalixOS</a>:<br><a href="https://calyxos.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://calyxos.org/</a><br> <a href="https://invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=jdazCQemwqQ&amp;local=true" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=jdazCQemwqQ&amp;local=true</a><br><br>A de-googled <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.cloud/tag/pixel" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pixel</a> 3 XL with 128GBytes of storage is a pretty good and inexpensive platform for this which your can pick up all over <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.cloud/tag/ebay" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#eBay</a> for really cheap<br><br>It uses the <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.cloud/tag/aurora" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Aurora</a> repo/store for closed source proprietary software (so you're de-googled) and of course you use F-Droid to install <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.cloud/tag/foss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FOSS</a> or get the <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.cloud/tag/apks" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#APKs</a> directly from the devs at their <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.cloud/tag/git" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Git</a> repos (best way for some software, like <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.cloud/tag/fair_email" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fair_Email</a>, for example).<br><br>There's also <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.cloud/tag/grapheneos" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GrapheneOS</a> (<a href="https://grapheneos.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://grapheneos.org/</a>), and it has a lot of supporters, but I don't find it as performant as CalixOS. Both are, however, fantastic.<br><br>Here's a tidbit about the so-called <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.cloud/tag/mifi" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MiFi</a> pucks that you're entitled to when you're a member of the <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.cloud/tag/calix" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Calix</a> Institute... You're listed as Calyx Institute to the broadband provider - only you and the <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.cloud/tag/calyx_institute" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Calyx_Institute</a> know your identity because it's on their bill lolz, and that's kept secret and has never been compromised, because they maintain an active warrant canary. 🐦 So if you use one of those and a <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.cloud/tag/librem_5" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Librem_5</a> with the cellular radio turned off or removed, and using your own <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.cloud/tag/asterisk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Asterisk</a> server for <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.cloud/tag/voip" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VoIP</a>, you're truly just an IP addy surfing the internet while you're talking on the phone.<br><br>Of course... You'll need to do all this without your Candy 🍬 Crush. But... There's always APKPure in conjunction with <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.cloud/tag/netguard" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NetGuard</a> from F-Droid 😉<br><br>I hope that helps! Please feel free to share this around with a <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.cloud/tag/boost" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#boost</a> to raise awareness that, well... All is not lost, and <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.cloud/tag/damn_the_torpedos" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#damn_the_torpedos</a>!<br><br>And remember, you can haz <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.cloud/tag/cheezburgerz" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cheezburgerz</a>! 🍔<br><br><a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.cloud/tag/tallship" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tallship</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.cloud/tag/vger" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vger</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.cloud/tag/opensource" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a> <span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://mastodon.social/@OpenSource" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>OpenSource</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://fosstodon.org/@eric" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>eric</span></a></span> <br><br>⛵<br><br>.
Wylel<p>Finally upgraded to the Pixel 5 from the Pixel 2 XL. Was waiting on <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/calyxos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>calyxos</span></a> release and man this phone is great. So is the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/calyx_institute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>calyx_institute</span></a> and <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/calyxos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>calyxos</span></a> !</p>
tallship<span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://mastodon.social/@phryk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>phryk</span></a></span><br><br><br>Actually, you really should read things when people try to be your friend instead of condescending them yourself - that's a really <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.cloud/tag/narcissistic" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#narcissistic</a> trait, I'm not calling you one of those but you might wanna get yourself checked to see if, and where you are in that spectrum ;)<br><br>So, had you bothered to read, you would have found that your last paragraph there, couldn't have been more incorrect (and I'll quote it back to you so you KNOW there's no mistake):<br><br>"Also props for being condescending about technology and privacy while espousing an always-online-through-mobile mindset that enables continuous geolocation surveillance."<br><br>You'll will note, that there's no identifying fingerprints on the device. i.e., you don't have an account with the provider at all. To wit, you are browsing anonymously, or more specifically, you are connected to the provider as "Calyx Institute", so they have no freaking idea who you are.<br><br>Not only that, but you have the the option of purchasing your membership with crypto so you could be Joseph Stalin or Brittney Spears if you like.<br><br>And it's easy to turn off the mobile hotspot puck if you're planning on going to your domicile under the bridge that crosses the Los Angeles River.<br><br>Everything I mentioned earlier, with the exception of membership with the privacy advocacy group, <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.cloud/tag/calyx_institute" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Calyx_Institute</a>, is 100% free if you're too lame or just too plain impoverished to give back to the community by donating to one of those <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.cloud/tag/foss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FOSS</a> projects, and with the information on the tools that I provided you, there's not reason why you couldn't enjoy all the benefits I described by using free <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.cloud/tag/wifi" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WiFi</a> at any of the myriad locations worldwide - cocktail lounges and beer bars, coffee houses, McDonald's, or good samaritans that leave their home guest networks open.<br><br>But you're right. You may even need to pawn your phone in order to purchase your next meal if you're that broke. It you could pan handle, or maybe, just maybe, your could use that phone to find the nearest soup kitchen or church so you don't starve to death.<br><br>And yes... There are indeed resources where you can secure your very own <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.cloud/tag/did" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DID</a> for <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.cloud/tag/free" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FREE</a>.<br><br>But you would probably think that I was <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.cloud/tag/condescending" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#condescending</a> you if I told you where to get those.<br><br>I ain't even gonna mention <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.cloud/tag/firewalling" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#firewalling</a> or so-called <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.cloud/tag/vpn" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VPN</a> or <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.cloud/tag/tor" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TOR</a> options coz you seem to be a little bit too <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.cloud/tag/stupid" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stupid</a> to grasp those concepts.<br><br>Finally, you'll also note that Calyx maintains a <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.cloud/tag/warrant_canary" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#warrant_canary</a>. You can look that up.<br><br>Have a great day <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.cloud/tag/fuktard" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fuktard</a> :p<br><br>I hope that helps! :)<br><br>🖕🤡🖕<br><br>.
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