[Freedombox-discuss] OT: Re: Eben was right, iPhone is absolutely no good for activists

[Pablo Castellano]

(Offtopic)
I just wanted to add two more interesting links to projects for a safe
android smartphone:

1) F-Droid
Android free software *ONLY* apps repository
http://f-droid.org/

2) Replicant
Android distribution 100% Free Software
http://replicant.us/


On 04/21/2011 05:51 PM, Jonathan Zeppettini wrote:
> If you start with an Android phone and flash it with a third party
> open source firmware like CyanogenMod [1] [2] and then only install
> open source apps that are from trusted third parties, you would be
> well on your way to a more secure experience.
> 
> [1] http://www.cyanogenmod.com/
> [2] Make sure your device is supported before purchasing.
> 
> On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 11:29, Mauricio Siller <mauriciosiller at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi
>> There is a list were we can find the "safest" SmartPhones in the market? I
>> thought Android was a safe OS for mobile devices.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 4:06 AM, john francis lee <jfl at robinlea.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Same thing goes for android phones. Google is very big on collecting
>>> EVERYTHING, and selling it. And location is a very saleable item.
>>>
>>> On 04/21/2011 02:51:42 PM, Osama Khalid wrote:
>>>> The first thing that came to my mind when I read about iPhone's
>>>> tracking ability[0] was what Eben Moglen said in his keynote in
>>>> FOSDEM
>>>> just a couple of months ago:
>>>>
>>>>> Friends of ours, people seeking freedom, are going to get arrested,
>>>>> beaten, tortured, and eventually killed somewhere on earth because
>>>>> they’re depending for their political survival in their movements
>>>>> for freedom on technology we know is built to sell them out.
>>>>>
>>>>> I don’t want anybody taking life or death risks to make freedom
>>>>> somewhere carrying an iPhone. Because I know what the iPhone can be
>>>>> doing to him without our having any way to control it, stop it,
>>>> help
>>>>> it, or even know it is going on.
>>>>
>>>> I feel very bad for those activists in the Arab world (and everywhere
>>>> else) who may be in great danger because of these records.
>>>>
>>>> Yet another reason why we should work very hard on making the
>>>> Freedombox
>>>> real, deployable and easy-to-use.
>>>>
>>>> [0]: http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/04/apple-location-tracking.html
>>>>
>>>> --Osama Khalid
>>>>
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