On Saturday 28 November 2020 00:06:02 Gene Heskett via tde-users wrote: > On Saturday 28 November 2020 01:32:36 J Leslie Turriff wrote: > > On 2020-11-27 09:55:10 Gene Heskett via tde-users wrote: > > > Those 3 letter agency's will luv that. Just one of the reasons I've > > > never had a mic cable in the same room. Watch your cell phone > > > battery life for the same reason, even this cheap trakfone can be > > > turned on to listen remotely. So its card was allowed to expire a > > > year back. No more problem. > > > > > > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > > > You might be interested in these products from Purism: > > "Beautiful, Secure, Privacy-Respecting Laptops & Phones" > > https://puri.sm/ > > > > Leslie > > Maybe, but at $100/mo, I'd have to have at least 50x the need for it. > I'll do w/o at that price. $100/yr for a tracfone I could almost > justify. Almost. But I value my privacy enough theres over 100 entry's > in the amazon call blocker, of numbers that never ring my home phone > again. Most are political or nuisance fundraisers. And war dialers, if > there's nobody there when I say hello, the big red button gets pushed. > Come the revolution, we're gonna need a longer wall. :-) > > Cheers, Gene Heskett What about a Pine Phone? I have *almost* bought one now, on a few occasions, but back off again, as I don't use a phone too much any more at all, though it is still necessary to have one (especially a mobile phone, for reasons of occasional travel, etc.). I do hate these smartphones, but at the same time, I now use mine more often as a music player, calculator, calendar, alarm clock, and so on -- much more than I ever use it as a phone. When I have time and inclination to root my smartphone, then at least I'll feel slightly more "secure" or maybe a little more "private" (but those are not really accurate terms ...); but then again, like Gene, I don't use a phone enough to justify all that effort. Unless eating and breathing become suspicious activities, I can't really see how knowing my location and activities could possibly be of interest to any 3-letter govt agencies. Then again ... if I know enough to ask questions, then I must know too much. Bill ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
