On 02/19/10 20:09, Jacob Appelbaum wrote: > 7v5w7go9ub0o wrote: >> On 02/18/10 20:07, Jacob Appelbaum wrote: >>> The performance of Tor is similar to any other Tor client - this is our >>> reference C implementation running on the N900. >>> >>> With that said - You may want to hold out and get an Android phone. >>> We're looking to do a release of Tor on Android next week. We have some >>> very promising alphas and it's quite exciting! >> >> Please correct me if I'm wrong, but am a little surprised at the >> interest in TOR on Android - Android seems a closed, phone-home "cloud" >> computer with little/no regard for privacy or anonymity. I'd always >> wonder about a nice little log somewhere on my phone and/or in the "cloud". >> > > I think that Android offers us a new possibility for telephones. I also > like the N900 but I feel that Nokia often screws their user community. > It's good to have options and so the more Tor on the more devices, the > better. >
Understood/Agreed. Especially given the periodic political wars on privacy and anonymity. > You may be interested in hearing about the Guardian project: > http://openideals.com/guardian/ > > Additionally, you may also be interested in Noisedroid: > https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Noisedroid > > Or perhaps the more well known cyanogen firmware: > http://www.cyanogenmod.com/ > > All of those offer a possibility for an Android system built entirely > from Free Software pieces. The big missing piece is the baseband and > when last I checked there was not a single smart phone with a free > baseband firmware. Harald Welte is currently working on on solving this > problem for the Calypso chipset: > http://laforge.gnumonks.org/weblog/2010/02/19/#20100219-announcing_osmocom_bb > > The future looks nice all around. Having Tor on as many of these devices > will provide many people with options beyond what we can imagine. > >> OTOH, IIUC, The N900 can be configured as a traditional lap/desktop. >> (Arguably, one may want to hold out for an entirely open-source meego >> N900 with the new Intel chip) >> Thank you for the informative reply. I'm quite clueless about the mobile/cell world and these are very useful links. I presently carry a TracFone for emergencies, a small camera for photos, and use a laptop at wifi hotspots for telephone and net use - a lot of "stuff". My goal is to consolidate all of that into a powerful, Linux cell phone that I can maintain on my desktop (ubuntu or meego) - as I maintain my laptop (Gentoo) now. The x86 moorestown seems a powerful chip; meego is open source; I'm guessing that moorestown and meego will go into the next high-end Nokia. I'd look for an open(?) phone with a good camera and not use it for cell phoning (or perhaps get a limited monthly T-mobile plan when I'm on the road). Add micro or wireless-usb, and I could occasionally add a folding keyboard. (thoughts about the above welcomed) *********************************************************************** To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to [email protected] with unsubscribe or-talk in the body. http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/
