Interesting subject! I've been a Systems Administrator for 20+ years. with focus on Linux, Internet, and my FAV,, REALITY TRUTH, aka "conspiracy".
your quote: "should not be considered as trustfully as,say, a laptop, since a laptop can be built upon open components [0], whereby a smartphone cannot [1]." there is no difference between a cellphone or a laptop. they both are computers. they both have monitors, keyboards, input devices, processors, etc. What it seems you're concerned about is the software that is running on these devices, and if they are secure or not. You also are pleading to everyone to get together and find a way to "secure everything". am I right about that? So, I'll assume you are. and let you know a few things. #1 unless the software is "open source" where all of society can view the "source code", it can't be trusted! EVER! Why do I say this. I'll give you a few examples. #1 windows OS is notorious for having "back door functions", to allow the government access without restrictions. - and yes there have been well documented "reverse engineering" to find the code.. #2 Google. YES, google, has all of the hardware on their flagship OS Android "closed source". - and yes there have been "reverse engineering" to find the offending code.... also, the "cloud backup and storage" that android uses, is officially associated with the US GOV "PRISM" - fact and officially stated: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_%28surveillance_program%29 sooo, google can't be trusted either. then we have the famous "anti-virus" giants who's software we trust and is "closed source". well yea you guessed it, many have been caught "unofficially" hiring virus creators in Russia and China, so they can have a product to sell!!! So now you know some fundamental facts: nothing can be trusted unless its open source. So, what do you do? you stand behind an open source product. ohhh say. B2G! Mozilla Firefox OS!!! and you help develop it! Can you imagine how society can benefit from a Firefox OS that's both for cellphones AND a desktop? with them having a quantum certificate TOR network to browse within??? the ISP's and the governments couldn't spy on you EVER! With easy to use software like wordpress and friendica "facebook clones" in a decentralized internet style surfing?? with decentralized storage from your desktop to your cellphone, without having to use insecure "cloud" storage?? WOW!!! now that's an awesome project everyone should aspire to help humanity with!!! I hope that clarifies things with you. OH, and if you get replies by people saying i'm crazy and nothing is true. research this: CTV Confirms Governments employing Internet Trolls, Shills & PR Agents to 'correct misinformation' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nr4o_CEgWM0 Namaste! On Wednesday, November 12, 2014 5:40:46 PM UTC-5, André Jaenisch wrote: > Hello, > > I recently had a chat on Twitter about whether there are a SSH shell and > terminal on Firefox OS (afaik, there aren't). I asked wherefore one would need > those and it turns out, that the questioner thinked about using those to log > into his companies' server (he's a sys admin). > > At least since the Snowden leaks we know, that SysAdmins are likely a target. > So I tried to convince him not to tell too much (Social Engineering) and think > again about it. > From what I can tell, a smartphone should not be considered as trustfully as, > say, a laptop, since a laptop can be built upon open components [0], whereby a > smartphone cannot [1]. > > Someone from Mozilla replied to me, that he isn't involved in tasks, that > would > require that grade of paranoia. > But that's not my point. > My point is taking care of each other to safeguard each other. > That can be proofreading ("peer reviewing") other ones code before using a lib > or asking about the rationales behind decisions or talk about designs of > decisions/craftship of APIs (like in [2]). > > Mozilla is known for it's call to privacy. Let's build upon that. > > I'd like to hear your opinions on that. Please be kind and bear in mind, that > everything you write may be archived and used against us. > > Best regards, > > > André Jaenisch > > [0] https://www.crowdsupply.com/kosagi/novena-open-laptop > [1] https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mozilla.dev.gaia/T4dzISBeDSI/GOQf-n-1ByUJ > [2] https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mozilla.dev.b2g/e3T92wNy-PM/-rK-vGihBcEJ _______________________________________________ dev-b2g mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g
