I'm glad people have had luck with tethering their Android phones internationally. I've had absolutely zero - I'll have to give it another run with a locally renter provider I suppose.
Anyone try in the UAE recently? Provider, hardware? Egypt? Curious. -Ali On Feb 6, 2013 3:19 PM, "Griffin Boyce" <griffinbo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 1:28 AM, Nathan of Guardian < > nat...@guardianproject.info> wrote: > >> On 02/06/2013 01:22 PM, Ali-Reza Anghaie wrote: >> > >> > How can projects like Privly play into it? Carrying a Tor Router along >> > with you or building one on-site. None of the operational matters will >> > ever be squarely addressed by one platform but it all can be >> > decision-treed out nicely. >> >> You could also use Orbot with wifi-tether on Android phone. It can >> transparent proxy all the wifi hotspot traffic over Tor. >> > > Using an android phone as a tether seems much more normal and fits the > profile of an international traveler. Carrying a router around might not be > the best option for staying low-profile. > > I like Chrome OS but am addicted to Pidgin with OTR. It's really the only > thing keeping me from trying out a Chromebook. (Even Photoshop is available > 'in the cloud'). If you need to install a few programs locally but like the > overall idea and features, JoliOS looks to be a good option: > http://www.jolicloud.com/jolios > > Somewhat off-topic: I reject the idea that because something isn't right > for Syrians, that it's not useful. There is an incredible spectrum of > threat models to consider. And usability is a factor. It's worth > considering that state-sponsored Windows spyware is a major problem. But > people still use it because the realistic alternative is more difficult to > use (even Ubuntu has a sharp learning curve). > > Best, > Griffin Boyce > > -- > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >
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