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Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented

From rlharris@oplink.net
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented
Date 2015-10-17 03:50 +0200
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On Fri, October 16, 2015 8:02 pm, dean wrote:
> What kind of smart phone?

That is what I wish to learn.

If samsung televisions have a microphone, what surveillance should we
expect of a samsung smartphone which has both microphone and camera?
Instinctively, I distrust microsoft and apple.  Besides, with apple you
are paying also for a status symbol.  And is microsoft capable of writing
better software for a phone than it writes for a desktop?

I am looking for guidance as to which smartphones provide reasonable
privacy and security.  Of course, reliability and battery life are very
important.

An article I saw a week or so ago said that samsung has one of the best
antenna systems, because it is designed to direct radio-frequency energy
away from the head of the user.


> If its android there are apps that can run debian in a chroot
> eg lildebi and if you want the most from your phone I recommend
> installing cyanogenmod - that gives you a lot more control over
> your phone.

Modifying the operating systim is a realm with which I am not familiar,
and likely do not have sufficient time to explore.

What I thought might be a good alternative to a smart phone would be to
use my old flip-open phone for voice calls and get a cellular modem which
can interface with the ethernet port or usb port of a laptop or tablet. 
Then if I can find a computer which is much less bulky than the typical
laptop, I could run Debian on that for Internet access on the road.  But a
typical laptop is entirely too big to be used in a car.

Russ

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smartphone forum for the technically-oriented rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-17 00:00 +0200
  Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented dean <deanshannon3@gmail.com> - 2015-10-17 03:10 +0200
    Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-17 03:50 +0200
      Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-10-17 05:00 +0200
      Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> - 2015-10-17 14:30 +0200
    Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2015-10-17 19:20 +0200
      Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-17 19:30 +0200
        Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2015-10-17 21:00 +0200
          Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-10-17 21:20 +0200
            Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2015-10-18 16:50 +0200
              Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2015-10-18 19:30 +0200
              Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-18 22:00 +0200
                Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2015-10-19 02:40 +0200
        Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> - 2015-10-17 21:30 +0200
          Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-17 21:50 +0200
            Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> - 2015-10-17 22:30 +0200
              Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-17 23:40 +0200
                Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> - 2015-10-18 12:20 +0200
                Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Petter Adsen <petter@synth.no> - 2015-10-18 12:20 +0200
              Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-18 00:10 +0200
                Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-18 01:20 +0200
            Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI <renaud@olgiati-in-paraguay.org> - 2015-10-18 01:30 +0200
              Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-18 02:50 +0200
                Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI <renaud@olgiati-in-paraguay.org> - 2015-10-18 14:20 +0200
                Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Himanshu Shekhar <irm2015006@iiita.ac.in> - 2015-10-18 14:40 +0200
                Debian on netbooks: was Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-18 15:20 +0200
                Re: Debian on netbooks: was Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2015-10-18 15:30 +0200
                Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-18 16:40 +0200
                Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2015-10-18 16:40 +0200
                Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2015-10-18 16:40 +0200
  Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> - 2015-10-17 15:40 +0200
    Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-17 19:20 +0200
      Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented deloptes <deloptes@yahoo.com> - 2015-10-17 19:40 +0200
        Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Terence <terence.john@gmail.com> - 2015-10-18 09:30 +0200
          Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-18 10:10 +0200
            Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Terence <terence.john@gmail.com> - 2015-10-19 10:10 +0200
      Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2015-10-17 21:50 +0200
        Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-17 22:10 +0200
          Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2015-10-17 23:10 +0200

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