Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Arno Welzel Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.mobile.android,alt.privacy Subject: Re: RCS is not more private and secure than texting according to the FBI Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2024 12:39:51 +0100 Lines: 45 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net 6qWUcUe1a5TlxsGqtfUudQWNI23s4ku30CW52v6jlspr/8L8G3 Cancel-Lock: sha1:tKNMkR7U5vyaFBTN6P58u+IcryQ= sha256:23VWHSdyZbf7kDoWkcf7JpocMsRtYqqVuwU6OTXIVpI= Content-Language: de-DE In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com misc.phone.mobile.iphone:192367 comp.mobile.android:145715 alt.privacy:29809 Andrew, 2024-12-27 19:19: > Frank Slootweg wrote on 27 Dec 2024 14:14:18 GMT : > >> OsmAnd+ was my first and primary app. Used it a lot in rural/outback/ >> remote Australia, where there just isn't any Internet (other than >> extremely expensive satellite Internet). >> >> Besides Google Maps and OsmAnd, there are several other offline >> navigation apps, such as HERE WeGo and Sygic, some of them are also >> available on 'totally useless' iPhones! :-) >> >> Other things (in addition to photos and navigation) to do with >> Internet-less devices (iPhones and Andoid), in no particular order: >> >> - play music >> - play/record videos >> - play games >> - read ebooks >> - listen to FM radio (Android only) >> - listen to podcasts >> - work on 'Office' documents >> - personal health, activity, sleep recording/analysis >> - camping/campsite apps >> - etc.. > > There are many things an iOS or Android app can do without logging into a > mothership mainframe server on the Internet (which murders your privacy). Are there? You claimed all the time, that iOS is completely useless without active internet connection. > But this thread is about privacy and security and there's nothing less > private than logging into the Apple walled garden mothership 24/7/365. > > *Apple's walled garden _murdered_ privacy* As did Google and Microsoft. So go ahead and create a fake account without personal information. -- Arno Welzel https://arnowelzel.de