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Re: Making a DIY smart or dumb phone
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Bone Baboon |
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Re: Making a DIY smart or dumb phone |
Date: |
Sat, 24 Jul 2021 09:13:30 -0400 |
jbranso--- via writes:
> I'm getting really tired of carrying my Android phone around with google's
> spyware,
This issue is larger than just Android / iOS and the applications a user
deliberately uses. There is also the issue of unwanted spyware.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pegasus_(investigation)>
You could eliminating the issues mobile phones have entirely by choosing
to not use a mobile phone.
<https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Going_NoPhone>
> (apologies for the youtube link...)
You could share Invidious links as well as YouTube links. The YouTube
links could be a backup in case the Invidious server linked to goes
down.
<https://docs.invidious.io/Invidious-Instances.md>
> and unfortunately it needs to support SMS and traditional calls, so there
> might be some binary blobs for the modem.
You can do SMS using email.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_gateway#Email_clients>
Maybe you could convince the people you want to talk to use free
software like Jami. For people who are physically nearby walkie talkies
are an option.
<https://jami.net/>
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkie-talkie>