When you have mobile wallet regardless of how works (server backend or spv) google/apple knows you using bitcoin. Dojo will remove reliance on server so that's better for sure. On the other hand i know what you saying...
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Lots of anti lite client shit flying around recently. Total denial of reality as it is lived on the street, imo.
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Google/apple and mobile phone architecture is spyware galore. Gsm chip for example is connected to memory bus and can read any memory location. That Librem phone trying to do things right both hardware and software wise.
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> Gsm chip for example is connected to memory bus and can read any memory location
Whether or not a component is part of the SoC isn't directly connected to whether or not it's isolated. Separate chips often have DMA, and SoC components usually have better IOMMU configuration.
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I know you are researcher focused on privacy/security in android. What's your opinion on Librem phone and how much is an upgrade re. Privacy/security from usual android phones?
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The desktop Linux software stack is a substantial downgrade from the Android Open Source Project, drastically rolling back privacy and security to an extreme extent. The SoC choice is also a security downgrade, and either way it's still all proprietary rather than open hardware.
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I don't think it's okay to propagate falsehoods for self-promotion, even if they think the ends justify the means. They are offering a nice feature (kill switch for microphone) while losing dozens of standard hardware security features and moving to a far inferior software stack.
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I think it'd quite harmful to spread falsehoods misleading people into thinking they're going to be more secure with a niche device aimed at putting the Linux desktop software stack on mobile, not privacy and security. An iPhone will still be a substantially more secure choice.
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I think it's very unfortunate that privacy and security are used a marketing ploy for products focused on different things, by taking advantage of non-expert misconceptions about it. People usually believe the marketing claims, even when they're very disingenuous spin or lies.
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And of course marketing gets repeated as fact, spreading misconceptions and leading people to make bad decisions about their privacy/security leading to very real harm occurring. There is not currently an announced product that will actually compete with iPhone privacy/security.
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Porting the desktop Linux stack to mobile is not contributing to building a viable alternative. It's only creating a worse alternative than what already exists, rolling back progress on memory safe languages, sandboxing, permission models, exploit mitigations, etc. by a decade.