It got me wondering - What would I actually want in a #Freedom and #Privacy respecting #phone?
Maybe things like:
- A fully #encrypted #filesystem, with optional support for hardware key (like #solokey, or #nitrokey) #decryption
- NO #Fingerprint Scanner or #Biometrics at all
- #NFC that can only be toggled on temporarily, and automatically shuts off after X amount of time
- #Bluetooth 5+ with #A2DP; #AptX and #BLE with a more security focused method of #authentication
- All internet connections routed through @torproject (or something similar), with a #killswitch if the connection is dropped
- Privacy focused #browser with something like #SSL Everywhere; #WebRTC and JS disabled by default, with easy toggle for "trusted" websites, which would allow JS and Video etc
- #Decentralized messaging; voice chat; video conferencing; forums and blogs, like where #Briar is being taken by @briar (though the voice; video and other creature comforts are as yet unavailable)
- No closed source Modem/Wifi/Bluetooth binary blobs
- Securely Containerized SMS/MMS
- Password Manager with support for #OTP; #TOTP and #Fido2
- #GPS #Spoofing by default
That's all I can think of for now, what would YOU like to see in a Privacy focused Phone?
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@nick @torproject @briar Unfortunately I heard bad things of freedom phone lately- so it's even further unlikely I'll ever transition from #pinephone to #freedomphone
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My bad- I haven't had my coffee yet and misunderstood.
As I still wake up, speaking from a pinephone user perspective:::
- A fully #encrypted #filesystem, with optional support for hardware key (like #solokey, or #nitrokey) #decryption
++Not sure about hw key, but encrypted fs is relatively easy on most Linux distros
- NO #Fingerprint Scanner or #Biometrics at all
++#pinephone doesn't have that at all
- #NFC that can only be toggled on temporarily, and automatically shuts off after X amount of time
++Probably a feature to be released in the near future
- #Bluetooth 5+ with #A2DP; #AptX and #BLE with a more security focused method of #authentication
++From the wiki "Bluetooth: 4.0, A2DP"; could probably swap it out though.
- All internet connections routed through @torproject (or something similar), with a #killswitch if the connection is dropped
++Maybe configure a distro to do so? I know there's various killswitches on the back.
- Privacy focused #browser with something like #SSL Everywhere; #WebRTC and JS disabled by default, with easy toggle for "trusted" websites, which would allow JS and Video etc
++Never tried this specific setup myself-ill have to give it a go.
- #Decentralized messaging; voice chat; video conferencing; forums and blogs, like where #Briar is being taken by @briar (though the voice; video and other creature comforts are as yet unavailable)
++I used #fractal as well as ssh into my personal communication server
- No closed source Modem/Wifi/Bluetooth binary blobs
++Iirc, pinephones modem is open.
- Securely Containerized SMS/MMS
++Sms/mms is still unstable but working
- Password Manager with support for #OTP; #TOTP and #Fido2
++I keep being referred to bitwarden. Not sure if this applies.
- #GPS #Spoofing by default
++Not aware of any mobile distro doing this be default
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I would like to see more Linux phone options/development out there in the wild...
