If you start with an Android phone and flash it with a third party open source firmware like CyanogenMod [1] [2] and then only install open source apps that are from trusted third parties, you would be well on your way to a more secure experience.
[1] http://www.cyanogenmod.com/ [2] Make sure your device is supported before purchasing. On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 11:29, Mauricio Siller <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > There is a list were we can find the "safest" SmartPhones in the market? I > thought Android was a safe OS for mobile devices. > > > > On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 4:06 AM, john francis lee <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Same thing goes for android phones. Google is very big on collecting >> EVERYTHING, and selling it. And location is a very saleable item. >> >> On 04/21/2011 02:51:42 PM, Osama Khalid wrote: >> > The first thing that came to my mind when I read about iPhone's >> > tracking ability[0] was what Eben Moglen said in his keynote in >> > FOSDEM >> > just a couple of months ago: >> > >> > > Friends of ours, people seeking freedom, are going to get arrested, >> > > beaten, tortured, and eventually killed somewhere on earth because >> > > they’re depending for their political survival in their movements >> > > for freedom on technology we know is built to sell them out. >> > > >> > > I don’t want anybody taking life or death risks to make freedom >> > > somewhere carrying an iPhone. Because I know what the iPhone can be >> > > doing to him without our having any way to control it, stop it, >> > help >> > > it, or even know it is going on. >> > >> > I feel very bad for those activists in the Arab world (and everywhere >> > else) who may be in great danger because of these records. >> > >> > Yet another reason why we should work very hard on making the >> > Freedombox >> > real, deployable and easy-to-use. >> > >> > [0]: http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/04/apple-location-tracking.html >> > >> > --Osama Khalid >> > >> >> ------quoted attachment------ >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Freedombox-discuss mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss >> > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> "This message may have been intercepted and read by U.S. government >> agencies including the FBI, CIA, and NSA and/or the present government >> of Thailand without notice or warrant or knowledge of sender or >> recipient." >> >> John Francis Lee >> 246/3 Thanon Kaew Wai >> Mueang Chiangrai 57000 >> Thailand >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Freedombox-discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedombox-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss > > -- Jonathan Zeppettini // http://jz.bz // +1 514 291 7800 //// _______________________________________________ Freedombox-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss
