[GLLUG] Under Watch: A Day in the New Surveillance Society

[Karl Schuttler]

Android is the OS, not firmware

On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 12:41 AM, STeve Andre' <andres at msu.edu> wrote:
> 100%?  I don't think all the firmware is available, at least not yet.
>
> --STeve
>
>
> On 12/10/11 00:36, Richard Houser wrote:
>
> Android itself IS open source.  Just the crap carriers put on there and some
> google tools are not.  Take a look at cyanogenmod, for example.  It's
> heavily modified for things like better user control and built from
> sources.  Ice cream sandwich is even available for some phones.
>
> On Dec 9, 2011 11:25 PM, "STeve Andre'" <andres at msu.edu> wrote:
>>
>>
>> No.  Giving up electronics does nothing about all the things spying
>> on you right now, which I think is a larger issue.
>>
>> And, its entirely possible to have secure things like smart phones,
>> once open source projects start digging into the core of something
>> like Android, to really see whats going on.  The Open Moko phone
>> might have been a good start..
>>
>> --STeve Andre'
>>
>>
>> On 12/09/11 12:36, Ben Chavez wrote:
>>>
>>> I guess giving up electronics is the only way of privacy nowadays.
>>> Google chairman says a little "keylogger" tool doesn't hurt anyone and
>>> the
>>> big companies say that they use that data just for network diagnostic
>>> purposes.
>>> If I could just create a new internet free of all current malware and
>>> stuff
>>> that would be really nice.
>>>
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>>>    1. Re: Under Watch: A Day in the New Surveillance Society
>>>       (Chick Tower)
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>>> Message: 1
>>> Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:43:10 -0600
>>> From: Chick Tower<c.e.tower at gmail.com>
>>> To: linux-user at egr.msu.edu
>>> Subject: Re: [GLLUG] Under Watch: A Day in the New Surveillance
>>>        Society
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>>> Makes me glad I don't have a smart phone or any social networking
>>> accounts.  Now if I could just wean myself from this pesky Internet....
>>>
>>>
>>>                                 Chick
>>>
>>> On 12/08/2011 10:41 AM, Taylor Burke wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Interesting article for those of you who're into security:
>>>>
>>>
>>> http://owni.eu/2011/12/06/spyfiles-wikileaks-under-watch-a-day-in-the-new-su
>>> rveillance-society/
>>>
>>>
>>>
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