I do not trust the cellular companies ROM's - so I always switch to an open source one (like CM) There was a time no long ago where each ROM (even iPhone's) came with a rootkit to monitor ALL your activities on your phone.
As for trusting the cellular providers ... You don't have much a choice ... Do you ?. algoth I will go with Golan Telecom for now, as their website allows you to mange your cellular package. On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 8:46 AM, Mord Behar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 1:16 AM, Amos Shapira <[email protected]>wrote: > >> http://xkcd.com/538/ >> >> Get over it - this whole discussion is a waste of bits IMHO. Either you >> trust your bank and the controls put in place to make it comply or pay on >> failure, or you don't bank with them. The rest is as relevant as >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_many_angels_can_dance_on_the_head_of_a_pin%3F >> >> > Now now, that's not fair. > I am not a crypto-nerd. I know that nobody cares about my secrets. But > people do care about banking information. Because identity theft is a real > thing and people do it for the money. > You're all right on one account:it's a question of trust. > I trust my computers, I trust my network. > I've never had an Android phone before so I don't know whether to trust > the platform or the 3/4G network (since I've never used that either). > So my question really boils down to: do YOU (plural) trust your Android > handset and cellular provider? Which provider do you trust? Which don't you > trust? (We may need to renegotiate cellular plans soon anyway...) What did > you do to your handset to make you trust it more? > > >> >> On 6 December 2013 10:10, E.S. Rosenberg <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> 2013/12/6 Oleg Goldshmidt <[email protected]>: >>> > "E.S. Rosenberg" <[email protected]> writes: >>> > >>> >> UMTS (3G/HSPA) has much stronger encryption which afaik has not yet >>> >> been cracked, I would expect newer generations (4G/LTE) to be even >>> >> more secure >>> > >>> > It is reportedly possible to jam the 3G/4G signal so that handsets will >>> > fall back to 2G... >>> It is also possible (and very advisable) to set your handset to >>> 3G-only mode, in which case it can't/won't failover to 2G, for talk it >>> will still fall back on 3G because talk over 4G still hasn't been >>> standardized (4G is aimed mainly at data, the assumption is that talk >>> will use some form of VOIP, possibly SIP). >>> (Then again all talk of 4G is still fairly moot in Israel since afaik >>> we only have a few small testing network so far, no real 4G coverage >>> yet just really fast 3G). >>> >>> Note that you will finish your battery faster when using 3G only since >>> 2G requires less power, though I assume in newer phones those >>> differences will be smaller due to more efficient chip/transceiver >>> designs. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Eliyahu - אליהו >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Oleg Goldshmidt | [email protected] >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Linux-il mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> [image: View my profile on LinkedIn] >> <http://www.linkedin.com/in/gliderflyer> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux-il mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > > -- *Rabin*
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