Re: Encryption, Cameras and Games
On Monday 18 January 2010, Helge Hafting wrote: > Rashid wrote: > > Hi guys, > > > > I'm going to need a very safe smart phone for using it for investigative > > reporting. > > > > So I have some questions before I'm going to get a Freerunner: > > 3. Can you plug in an USB Cam (Like a Webcam) and use it to film > > (extremly important) on the crypted LVM? > > You can plug in any USB device that linux supports. I don't know if the > device is fast enough to actually encrypt and store a video stream > though. You might want to consider a really small PC like an acerONE. It > even has a built-in webcam. There is a further limitation - the port is usb1.1 while many modern webcams require usb2 bandwidth because they don't compress the video stream. > > We have serious problems in Europe with the freedom of the press so it > > would be great to use the freerunner with openmoko for helping freedom > > of the press. > > What part of Europe would that be? Definitely not western Europe. There are certainly more dangerous places to be a journalist, but the National Union of Journalists considers the situation in the UK at the moment fairly serious[0]. The International Federation of Journalists agree, but say the problem is Europe-wide[1]. Stop and search powers under Section 44 or the Terrorism Act, which allows searches without suspicion of wrongdoing, are widely used against both professional and amateur photographers[2], and are to continue[3] even though the European Court of Human Rights recently found it incompatible with European human rights laws[4]. [0] http://www.nuj.org.uk/innerPagenuj.html?docid=910 [1] http://www.ifj.org/en/articles/efj-supports-nuj-campaign-against- terrorising-journalists-in-the-uk [2] http://photographernotaterrorist.org/ [3] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/14/only_obeying_orders/ [4]http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=860909&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Encryption, Cameras and Games
Rashid wrote: > Hi guys, > > I'm going to need a very safe smart phone for using it for investigative > reporting. > > So I have some questions before I'm going to get a Freerunner: > > 1. Can you encrypt a LVM with luks like in Ubuntu? > > 2. Can you encrypt the whole phone / file-system? If not will it be > possible in futere and is someone working on it? > It runs linux, so it is able to do anything you can do with linux. (Within the limited processing power of the device.) You may have to set this up yourself though, I am not aware of anyone experimenting with encrypted filesystems. > 3. Can you plug in an USB Cam (Like a Webcam) and use it to film > (extremly important) on the crypted LVM? > You can plug in any USB device that linux supports. I don't know if the device is fast enough to actually encrypt and store a video stream though. You might want to consider a really small PC like an acerONE. It even has a built-in webcam. > 4. Mobile internet over GSM is working I think, or? > Yes, this works fine. GPRS isn't very fast though. > 5. Can you send the videostream / the videofile while you are recording > via SSH (or something similar safe) to a server? The idea is, that when > your phone is destroyed while filming you have at least the video until > this moment. Probably not over GPRS - not enough bandwith for video! Wifi has enough bandwith, if you are within range of an access point. > 6. With Hackable:1 Rev5 Chuck you can easily turn down GSM. Your > location can't be found when its turned of, or? Can you force the GSM to > connect to a random, far away GSM tower/connection-station to confuse > the observers about your position? Turning off GSM means they can't find your position using the GSM network any more. They still know where you were, when you turned it off though. I am not sure you can force a connection to a faraway tower, and it certainly won't help you. The other towers still see the better signal strength, so your location is still known. > > We have serious problems in Europe with the freedom of the press so it > would be great to use the freerunner with openmoko for helping freedom > of the press. What part of Europe would that be? Definitely not western Europe. Helge Hafting ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Encryption, Cameras and Games
> you can encrypt everything except the kernel as long as you have the > proper module / initrd > the only issue will be to type the passphrase in... And maybe speed... Denis. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Encryption, Cameras and Games
On Fri, 2009-12-25 at 09:40 +0100, Rashid wrote: > Will there be a Battle for Wesnoth It's in openembedded(the build system used by the SHR distro)...but not very usable(with newer SHR and newer wesnoth you have to play in 640x480 instead of 480x640 and that may be the cause of the poor performance,or maybe it's something else...because the older wesnoth with older SHR didn't have this problem...) In another hand someone ported wesnoth to the iphone and gave back all the sources...including...the theme he made... so maybe we should try to import the theme The theme was made for 480x320...we have 480x640 wich is much better so if you want wesnoth just build it,or ask SHR people to include it in their feed... But beware...some people think that openembedded is complicated...(try before buying...) Denis. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Encryption, Cameras and Games
On Fri, 2009-12-25 at 09:40 +0100, Rashid wrote: > Hi guys, > > I'm going to need a very safe smart phone for using it for investigative > reporting. > > So I have some questions before I'm going to get a Freerunner: > > 1. Can you encrypt a LVM with luks like in Ubuntu? > > 2. Can you encrypt the whole phone / file-system? If not will it be > possible in futere and is someone working on it? > > 3. Can you plug in an USB Cam (Like a Webcam) and use it to film > (extremly important) on the crypted LVM? > > 4. Mobile internet over GSM is working I think, or? > > 5. Can you send the videostream / the videofile while you are recording > via SSH (or something similar safe) to a server? The idea is, that when > your phone is destroyed while filming you have at least the video until > this moment. > > 6. With Hackable:1 Rev5 Chuck you can easily turn down GSM. Your > location can't be found when its turned of, or? Can you force the GSM to > connect to a random, far away GSM tower/connection-station to confuse > the observers about your position? > > We have serious problems in Europe with the freedom of the press so it > would be great to use the freerunner with openmoko for helping freedom > of the press. > > > And because I have to travel much and it takes long times: > > Will there be a Battle for Wesnoth, SNES/NES/GB Emulator and a Heroes of > Might and Magic 2/3 port for open moko? > > Thank you for reading all these questions. > > Greetz > Rashid you can encrypt everything except the kernel as long as you have the proper module / initrd the only issue will be to type the passphrase in... > > ___ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Encryption, Cameras and Games
2009/12/25 Rashid : > Hi guys, Hi Rashid, Do you already own a Freerunner? I'm guessing not. Unfortunately I would advise that the available software is not yet stable enough for this kind of serious work. It's still quite common for people to sometimes miss calls, miss messages, experience system hangs and have to pull out the battery. (It's also completely fantastic, and getting ever better and more useful, and can do things that no other phone can do... But the reliability isn't there yet.) Nevertheless, here's an answer to the question that I know about. > 4. Mobile internet over GSM is working I think, or? Yes, GPRS. (i.e. not 3G, and so not very fast) My experience is that the connection sometimes drops for no reason, though; and when that happens the software is sometimes confused and can't reactivate it. Regards, Neil ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Encryption, Cameras and Games
Hi guys, I'm going to need a very safe smart phone for using it for investigative reporting. So I have some questions before I'm going to get a Freerunner: 1. Can you encrypt a LVM with luks like in Ubuntu? 2. Can you encrypt the whole phone / file-system? If not will it be possible in futere and is someone working on it? 3. Can you plug in an USB Cam (Like a Webcam) and use it to film (extremly important) on the crypted LVM? 4. Mobile internet over GSM is working I think, or? 5. Can you send the videostream / the videofile while you are recording via SSH (or something similar safe) to a server? The idea is, that when your phone is destroyed while filming you have at least the video until this moment. 6. With Hackable:1 Rev5 Chuck you can easily turn down GSM. Your location can't be found when its turned of, or? Can you force the GSM to connect to a random, far away GSM tower/connection-station to confuse the observers about your position? We have serious problems in Europe with the freedom of the press so it would be great to use the freerunner with openmoko for helping freedom of the press. And because I have to travel much and it takes long times: Will there be a Battle for Wesnoth, SNES/NES/GB Emulator and a Heroes of Might and Magic 2/3 port for open moko? Thank you for reading all these questions. Greetz Rashid ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
