Looking to replace and iPhone 11 Needs to be repairable Able to text people with WhatsApp or other third party apps Able to play music with a local mp3 player Headphone jack

  • erebion@news.erebion.eu
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    1 day ago

    Depends on the risk your at. If you’re in a country where having your own opinion is dangerous (Russia, for example) it’s certainly different to a person in Western Europe.

    There have been successful attacks on modems and Bluetooth.

    It’s about the threat model. It’s complicated and nuanced and does not really fit in here.

    But regardless, there’s no reason the hardware couldn’t be supported much longer. Apart from capitalism, of course.

    • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works
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      15 hours ago

      Depends on the risk your at. If you’re in a country where having your own opinion is dangerous (Russia, for example) it’s certainly different to a person in Western Europe.

      tbh I always assume a government has the resources and access to generally undiscovered or unfixed vulns, modem firmware is just full of holes. many layers of legacy code and the least amount of eyes going over the code. you can’t win against the government on a phone like this.

      when this is a concern, maybe use a laptop or tablet, with wifi connection to a hotspot device that doesn’t have a mic.