On Saturday 28 November 2020 03:54:37 William Morder via tde-users wrote: > 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 You are getting schmardter Bill. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ____________________________________________________ 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
