Re: [Trisquel-users] A company tracked 530 million mobile phones in Asia with drones

[milind727]

Phone security is a big issue these days.

My recommended solution is to get a wifi-only tablet for secure communiations  
loaded with something like a combination of Redphone and Silent Text with a  
good overseas commercial VPN and get a non-smart (flip) phone for voice and  
text when you are driving or otherwise away from your wifi.


I don't think a smartphone is a good choice these days.  If you are going to  
pick one, Blackberry or Blackphone are probably the only reasonable choices.

Re: [Trisquel-users] A company tracked 530 million mobile phones in Asia with drones

[t8mf4nu6lizp]

I think you could try asking this question in the form of a bug report. That  
way we might get an authoritative answer.


On the right hand menu there's an entry called 'issues'. There you can create  
a new support ticket.

Re: [Trisquel-users] A company tracked 530 million mobile phones in Asia with drones

[jabjabs]

Exactly, ads are fine and all but they don't really need tracking on them  
just for the sake of it.

Re: [Trisquel-users] A company tracked 530 million mobile phones in Asia with drones

[jei]

So Cleiton-, are you gonna buy a phone now or not? Are you living in  
Australia, East Asia or India or not? 

Re: [Trisquel-users] A company tracked 530 million mobile phones in Asia with drones

[mail]

Well, if you use a phone that has entirely free software, there won't be an  
application to track you via battery, nor will there be ad-ware.

You could still be tracked via cell towers, though.

Replicant or the Neo900.

Re: [Trisquel-users] A company tracked 530 million mobile phones in Asia with drones

[gothiccard]

On the BBC news web site there is a report that you can be tracked just by  
battery power use. I starting to think the only way not to be tracked by  
mobile phone is not to have one.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-31587621

Re: [Trisquel-users] A company tracked 530 million mobile phones in Asia with drones

[dbpalma9]

While Replicant is a fully free system, some proprietary components that are  
not part of the system, such as bootloaders, may still be executed (the  
situation depends on each device). These proprietary pieces have access to  
the data stored on the device. Hence, they represent a risk for security.
On telephony-enabled devices, if the modem is poorly isolated from the rest  
of the device, it may also be able to compromise the data stored on the  
device and apply software changes. source:Replicant FAQ
Nevertheless, a phone with replicant is as free as a smartphone can possibly  
be these days.

Re: [Trisquel-users] A company tracked 530 million mobile phones in Asia with drones

[tomlukeywood]

Nevertheless, a phone with replicant is as free as a smartphone can possibly  
be these days.


http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Main_Page
???

Re: [Trisquel-users] A company tracked 530 million mobile phones in Asia with drones

[cromozon]

My take on this:

Ads should be illegal in public space.

Re: [Trisquel-users] A company tracked 530 million mobile phones in Asia with drones

[davidvargas1]

Is this forum about stupid mobile phones or just everyone likes to post shit,  
about non trisquel issues all the time?


This post should be post it in the TROLL HOLE!

Re: [Trisquel-users] A company tracked 530 million mobile phones in Asia with drones

[davesamcdxv]

I'm personally OK with ads, to be honest.

But do I believe there's nothing more to it than ads?

Well, why should I?