Now that I would like to have. Be nice not to have to deal with OS's that you do not know what they are doing, same goes for the silicon. I hope that this one flies. Have to go look at their funding and try to help a wee bit.
On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 1:47 PM, Keith Lofstrom <kei...@kl-ic.com> wrote: > This looks intriguing: > > http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Features/Librem-5-and- > the-Challenge-of-the-Free-Phone > > ... although as a "late adopter" for nonessentials, > I'll wait to ask somebody else who has had one for > six months, and seen a detailed engineering teardown. > > The most attractive aspects are the (claimed) hardware > switches on the radios. I would add an additional > feature - a truly independent "broadcast detect" > circuit that lights up (and stays on for perhaps 30 > seconds) when the device emits any form of broadcast. > > I would not trust a device completely unless it was > open source silicon, with "hardware double entry > accounting" for interface transactions between chips > and subunits (counters in hardware matched to counters > in the software, flags raised if extra bytes are > unaccounted for), but that won't happen until a rich > privacy-obsessed geek pays for a lot of $$$$$$$$ chip > design and manufacture. I don't have that on this > desktop computer, so I'm not holding my breath. > > I tried using a dodopaddle (functional description > of a so called "smart phone") for a month; I could > not make it do what I wanted, as opposed to being > seduced to do what the designers and sponsors wanted. > > I've watched other users lose their ability to navigate > the world mentally, make independent decisions, create > artwork and longform text, or respect others face to > face. These devices are not "smart", they just seem > smarter and smarter as their fleshy appendages ( AKA > "users") become less capable and more dependent. > The Current Occupant was elected for his tweets. > > So ... I hope a truly libre phone will create a > user community that owns the environment, rather > living in Apple or Google company housing. The > latter might have prettier furnishings, but a jail > is a jail, even if you can pick some of the locks. > > Keith > > -- > Keith Lofstrom kei...@keithl.com > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Ph 4:13 KJV Todo lo puedo en Cristo que me fortalece. Fil 4:13 RVR1960 _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug