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

STeve Andre' andres at msu.edu
Sat Dec 10 01:28:51 EST 2011


Right, but the whole of a phone is everything.

Last time I looked, and it was a while ago, I couldn't find
everything together easily downloadable. Can anyone
point me to a site where I could build everything for
some phone, preferably a T-Mobile phone?  Thanks..

--STeve Andre'

On 12/10/11 01:16, Karl Schuttler wrote:
> 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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