Re: [Trisquel-users] Freedom by "burning bridges"

2016-05-20 Thread mcz
If you, like me, wanted to try to physically cut access to camera, GPS, the modem and the mic, WAIT. I just edited this post: https://trisquel.info/en/forum/if-you-could-go-back-time-and-talk-your-former-owned-self#comment-96446 In a nutshell, Replicant is cooler than I thought. I can even

Re: [Trisquel-users] Freedom by "burning bridges"

2016-05-19 Thread mcz
I guess you're right. I might have tried on a cheaper device, just out of curiosity. The tablet is too big for me. Unfortunately, anything else would mean non-free software. And Android from source looks like a major PITA to setup. Maybe I'll just use the phone as an agenda as well, and

Re: [Trisquel-users] Freedom by "burning bridges"

2016-05-18 Thread dguthrie
I think that the modem is physically part of the system on chip. I really wouldn't try to physically break Amy circuits, because capacitors can be dangerous and you could break something you did not intend to. Seriously, this is not a solution. Get a PDA if you want yo use the phone in that

[Trisquel-users] Freedom by "burning bridges"

2016-05-18 Thread mcz
Quite pleased by the destruction of the wifi chip on my e-reader, I was thinking about destroying more of my stuff. My questions involve ways to severe physical routes to GPS, 3G/2G, mic & cam. I want to keep the wifi for e-mails. But first, here's my (hopefully logical) reasoning. I