Open phones for privacy/anonymity applications, Guardian

[Alexey Zakhlestin]

On 06.11.13, 12:59, rysiek wrote:
> Dnia wtorek, 5 listopada 2013 12:50:11 Alexey Zakhlestin pisze:
>>
>> GSM firmware is still not open-source though (as that would make phone not
>> suitable for legal usage in USA)
> 
> Once again I stand firm in my conviction that USA should be excused from the 
> Internet until they get their legislative shit together.
> 
> Also, I'd *love* a phone with a FLOSS GSM firmware, *especially* if it makes 
> it illegal in USA. Wonder if there's a way of making that happen.

well… You can use OsmocomBB[1][2] if you have supported hardware[3].
It was an option[4] for OpenMoko, at least


[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OsmocomBB
[2]: http://bb.osmocom.org/trac/
[3]: http://bb.osmocom.org/trac/wiki/Hardware/Phones
[4]: http://bb.osmocom.org/trac/wiki/OpenMoko

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