A VZW employee was nice enough to reach out off list - wanted to remain anonymous - says that the international SIMs they send for you to put in overseas Nexus devices won't tether. Ever. No matter what I'm told otherwise.
Anyhow.. enough of that. Cheers, -Ali On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 3:52 PM, Ali-Reza Anghaie <a...@packetknife.com>wrote: > Always Nexus Verizon stock. My alternate ROMs don't travel with me. > Verizon contacted ahead of time per their suggestions. Tethering in US and > Canada fine. UK or elsewhere is no-joy. > > I gave up after a while and just carry my wipe'a'router and but use local > WiFi. My advantage being I'm in tent data centers and hotels. I'll give the > activist shuffle a try again next trip. -Ali > On Feb 6, 2013 3:31 PM, "Brian Conley" <bri...@smallworldnews.tv> wrote: > >> What Android OS are you using, Ali? >> >> It's a snap with Google Nexus running 4.0. Perhaps its an OS version or >> carrier-rolled OS that is the problem? >> >> Brian >> >> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 12:26 PM, Ali-Reza Anghaie >> <a...@packetknife.com>wrote: >> >>> 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 >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: >>> https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> Brian Conley >> >> Director, Small World News >> >> http://smallworldnews.tv >> >> m: 646.285.2046 >> >> Skype: brianjoelconley >> >> >> >> -- >> Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: >> https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >> >
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