Le jeudi 18 juin 2015 à 11:55 +0100, Nick a écrit : > Quoth Josh Branning: > > This is about the freest phone I can find: > > > > http://web.media.mit.edu/~mellis/cellphone/ > > How is it more free than a normal replicant device? The GSM module > still runs proprietary software, so I would say it's pretty > dishonest to call it a free or open source phone. It's a free shim > around a closed processor that does all the heavy lifting, and is > completely empowered to betray you. Admittedly, though, GSM has > plenty of unavoidable surveillance built in - is that the reason so > few people seem to care about free modems, do you think, or is it > just because it's such a herculean task?
I agree with you here -- all of this is simply wiring a modem to a microcontroller, there is nothing new here. The modem itself is a Quectel M10: http://www.quectel.com/product/prodetail.aspx?id=14 There is no indication that it's running free software. -- Paul Kocialkowski, Replicant developer Replicant is a fully free Android distribution running on several devices, a free software mobile operating system putting the emphasis on freedom and privacy/security. Website: http://www.replicant.us/ Blog: http://blog.replicant.us/ Wiki/tracker/forums: http://redmine.replicant.us/
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