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authorJonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>2021-05-30 09:44:46 +0200
committerJonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>2021-05-30 09:44:46 +0200
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+# Shopping advices
+
+Security for the sake of others
+: NSA and processor-based randomness
+
+Lack of security
+: phones where modem can read system memory
+
+Weak design
+: bluetooth keyboard
+: Speculation in recent CPUs
+
+
+## Easy
+
+Concrete options with the least hassle.
+
+Phone
+: Weak: A "feature-phone" (i.e. non-smart phone), e.g. from Nokia
+: Medium: A smart phone [w/ /e/ OS preinstalled][e shop]
+: Strong: Purism [Librem 5][librem phone]
+
+
+## Better
+
+Concrete options with better qualities,
+which requires technical help or patience.
+
+Phone
+: Weak [tricky]: Refurbished [Nokia N900][n900]
+: Medium: [tricky start]: Refurbished [Samsung Galaxy S3 (i9300)][i9300] w/ /e/ OS
+: Medium: [tricky start]: Refurbished [Samsung Galaxy S5 Neo (s5neolte)][s5neolte] w/ /e/ OS
+: Medium [soon]: [teracube][Teracube 2e phone] w/ /e/ OS
+: Strong: Purism [Librem 5][librem phone] w/ Debian
+
+
+## Shops
+
+[e shop] sells new and refurbished smart phones w/ /e/ OS preinstalled.
+
+[bluecity] sells refurbished smart phones in Denmark and Sweden.
+
+
+
+# Trust paths
+
+ * Debian secured by PGP Web-of-Trust
+ * Debian operates transparently - "Security through mockery"
+ * Free software - "Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow"
+ * [Open Source Hardware][oshw] helps ensure [longevity][ifixit]
+
+
+[bluecity]: https://www.bluecity.dk/
+ "online shop selling refurbished smart phones"
+
+[e shop]: https://esolutions.shop/
+ "online shop selling new/refurbished smart phones with /e/ OS preinstalled"
+
+[n900]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_N900
+ "N900, by Nokia"
+
+[i9300]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_III
+ "Galaxy S3 (i9300), by Samsung"
+
+[s5neolte]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S5#Neo
+ "Galaxy S5 Neo (s5neolte), by Samsung"
+
+[teracube]: https://myteracube.com/pages/teracube-2e
+ "Teracube 2e, by Teracube"
+
+[librem phone]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Librem_5
+ "Librem phone, by Purism"
+
+[oshw]: https://www.oshwa.org/definition/
+ "Open Source Hardware definition by OSHWA (Open Source Hardware Alliance)"
+
+[ifixit]: https://www.ifixit.com/
+ "IFIXIT - The free repair guide for everything, written by everyone"
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+ * Cherry-pick apps from anarcat
+ <https://anarc.at/hardware/phone/fairphone2/>