(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 <[email protected]> > 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 <[email protected]> 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 >>>> >>> >>> ------quoted attachment------ >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Freedombox-discuss mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> "This message may have been intercepted and read by U.S. government >>> agencies including the FBI, CIA, and NSA and/or the present government >>> of Thailand without notice or warrant or knowledge of sender or >>> recipient." >>> >>> John Francis Lee >>> 246/3 Thanon Kaew Wai >>> Mueang Chiangrai 57000 >>> Thailand >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Freedombox-discuss mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Freedombox-discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss >> >> > > >
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