Damn, and I just fresh loaded/configured/updated Debian 8.1.0 two weeks ago on home & laptop... here we go again. I may not be able to eradicate the corporate/guv snoops from my life, but I sure as damn will not sit back and allow them to run roughshod over my privacy by mining my every action. Limiting is the goal, mis-info is the entertainment.
Anyone know what Snowden types use for mobile? Tracfone? CM variant? Maemo?
Snowden has referred people to the CIA standards for secure telephones: Baseband limited to data only, VPN'ed into VoIP server to make/receive phone calls. I believe he was still using Android to do this.
Any smart person would get a cheap chinese knock-off phone based on a MediaTek MT6592 with a bunch of RAM, install vanilla linux on it, and run YateClient or Plasma Mobile. Combined with VPN, data-only, and VoIP, this would be an enormous pain for anyone to be able to properly track.
Any specific models in mind? I would love to run vanilla linux on my phone. Checking ebay, I see a few with 2GB (like UMI ZERO MT6592T), 4 would be really nice.
I picked up a lenovo knock-off with the aforementioned chip and 4GB of RAM on-board for $120CAD over a year ago on aliexpress. Chinese knock-offs add an extra layer of security-by-obscurity that government actors would have difficulty with.
I must admit feeling that we have lost the fight when protecting ourselves from governments, considering the resources they have.
My fight now is trying to opt out of corporate invasion of my privacy. I am also concerned that the privacy of school children, using school infrastructure, is poorly protected against profile data that will follow them forever.
That last point is far worse than you think. In my school the principal is entirely enamored with all things apple and google and wants to mandate certain staff have twitter accounts. This is unwittingly signing up lots of people for life long tracking. Although, many already do it to themselves with no thought whatsoever to what the repercussions are, or that there may even be any. Many other schools are even worse.
That's already an issue. I also don't see how it's reasonable to ask someone to essentially sign a contract with a third party entity to do one's job while sacrificing that individual's personal privacy in the process.
Snowden was looking into Qubes more than Tails as a more secure alternative. But don't let the truth stop a good sensationalist name-dropping headline.
Anyone know what Snowden types use for mobile? Tracfone? CM variant? Maemo?