- cross-posted to:
- privacy@lemmy.ca
- technologie@jlai.lu
- cross-posted to:
- privacy@lemmy.ca
- technologie@jlai.lu
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Really cool project, wished the video was a bit more technical, but its nice that the schematic is open.
Which really shows one of the things i am trying to prevent in my design, the bulk.
Honestly its very well done that a 11W max 5W idle chip even fits in a mobile form factor, but that results in alot of bulk.
No idea if i can even do it, this person seems far more experienced hardware wise then me, but im still giving it a try.
Good luck. Personally I dont mind if I had a phone that was chunky as long as it fits into one pocket.
Same, I didn’t care about the tiny phone trend, and there is definitely a limit (like you said, I still want it to fit in my pocket). I’d happy trade some thin-ness for more open hardware and reparability
Hell yeah
My 2¢: the phones spying on us is not done via listening to our microphones but linking ads cookies with IPs and location etc. Turning a microphone off won’t prevent from that “now I’m getting the ads for the thing we just talked about” experience. And I think, in general we shouldn’t be getting any ads on top of the newsletters we opt-in
I don’t mean to say “don’t put a mic off switch in”, just debunking that myth. Because the real battle (with ads. For sure some spying agencies do use the mic but that’s another battle) is on cookies, spying pixels, etc. Not the microphone
Ever sense 9/11 the united states doesn’t have to spy on you they just buy data from data brokers, who have waaaaaay less laws and regulations. So they don’t even have to spy on you, the data is just sifted through and algorithms draw conclusions and track everything they can.
A random person bought cell phone data of the kid who tried to shoot trump and came to the conclusion he was at the shooting range practicing then whole month before, and was in close range with someone from the FBI multiple times or something.
The only time anyone “hacks you” or spy on you its Israel and you have to be a journalist or something. Maybe you can piss off the us enough by doxxing ice or something, but that shit costs hundreds of thousands of dollars for a single use thing so you have to be a real pain in the ass.
Also always turn off the mic, even offline audio gets transcribed and will get sent out next time you connect. (On most default settings consumer devices. IE phone, TVs, cars)
It’s called fingerprinting and yes.
It can be much more insidious than is widely known but the real use comes from the aggregation of data from many sources, over time.
Basically Google’s playbook, across many/all companies.
If you’re more interested in the journey than you are a useful phone, this is a great prospect, otherwise I would simply suggest you buy a Fairphone.
I have one ;) Its an excellent phone.
But I am greedy. I want both haha.
Sucking on my tities calling me all the time. I am glad this is being done. This is the stuff I care about. I am excited. I like when people undermine the billionare pdfile corpo.
