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No 5G is a deal breaker for me.

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You just get two COVID vaccinations instead, should kind of work the same

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Like other phones, this most likely won’t have open source firmware.

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What are you talking about? It’s using e/OS

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Firmware, as in the drivers that control the hardware, like the radio, the Bluetooth, the NFC, the SIM decryptor, etc.

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Is there any open firmware for those modules?

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i really don’t care about degoogling trusting some random ass company and their VPN.

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It’s an e/ OS spin-off. Quite a trustable project.

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E/os is not that trustable, they have no verified boot or relockable bootloader, and integrated signature spoofing

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Only mic and camera? It should also turn off GPS, accelerometer, etc. Filming the inside of my pocket isn’t the biggest tracking concern. People are just afraid someone’s watching them masturbate all the time.

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I really like having the mic off so Google doesn’t try to sell me something I mentioned a private conversation

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Isn’t GPS just 3 sattelites passively shouting their clock to any who could listen? There’s no GPS kill switch because there’s nothing transmitted. WIFI kill switch is more understandable.

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Privacy isn’t just about your device not emitting signals… If you don’t want your device and apps to track your location, you also don’t want to receive those GPS signals.

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Your point is solid. But GPS position requires a signal from at least 3 satellites to work. There are a whole lot more than 3 in the sky.

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The article states that there is second switch to diaable wifi, data, gps etc that is essentially an airplane mode.

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That’s only a soft switch. A compromised device could turn them back on.

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Yeah a hard switch that switches in a dummy load instead of the antennas would be excellent

But it could hit battery life without also turning off the radios

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For anyone wondering how to get the same feature on your device (not only mic-camera)

  • Go to developer settings (after )
  • Quick settings developer tiles
  • (enable) sensors off
  • Open your quick settings
  • (for Samsung) you will find the tile in the 1st row 1st position
  • (for aosp) you may need to add the sensors tile
  • now turn this tile on
  • now your camera, mic, gyroscope, etc… are off and apps will think that there’s an error with the camera or some privacy policy rule being applied

⚪ Note: this does not turn off GPS, Bluetooth, wifi, or mobile networks

EDIT: forgot to mention (as comments said)

🔴 Warning: core system services can override this setting…

a phone call will have the mic working while app calls (Whatsapp…etc) will be muted

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Core system services will still override that setting, just something to keep in mind

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Not on a degoogled phone they dont.

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To further expand at least for samsung:

  • the mic will be re-enabled for regular phone calls
  • the mic won’t be re-enabled for other calls, e.g. WhatsApp, Telegram, Whatsoever
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