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'Uncensorable' Freedom Phone raises a host of security questions
CNET ^ | July 16, 2021 | Carrie Mihalcik

Posted on 07/17/2021 7:11:33 AM PDT by tkocur

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To: tkocur

Sounds like a get rich quick scheme taking a cheap phone and simply re-branding it. There are apps that will give military encryption to your text messaging for free on android OS phones.

Most phones are made in China....along with almost everything else in our homes.


21 posted on 07/17/2021 8:38:36 AM PDT by consult
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Those 3 companies report directly to those named Chinese entities. Samsung Androids and Apple iPhones do not.


22 posted on 07/17/2021 8:56:15 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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I seriously doubt it. These phones are sold globally and it would have been proven long before now. It would absolutely destroy their business.

That’s not to say countries like Cuba or N.Korea couldn’t load malware on their imports.

I’ve used this phone for almost three years with never a hint of a security problem much less a hardware problem. No malware is found on scans, and apps update regularly.


23 posted on 07/17/2021 9:08:44 AM PDT by phoneman08 (qwiyrqweopigradfdz oncm,.dadfjl,dz )
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To: tkocur

It would be terrible if governments couldn’t monitor our every word, text, and location at all times.


24 posted on 07/17/2021 9:25:43 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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25 posted on 07/17/2021 9:27:31 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: phoneman08

You do not know to whom they have sent your data - its about collecting data - just as the PLA collects genetic data from pregnant women worldwide through a front company to find birth defects, so they collect your data for their own nefarious purposes through these companies.

Large Chinese companies in China are managed and owned by the Peoples Liberation Army, the CCP or both; no other owners are permitted. If you imagine any company wholly owned and based in China is benevolent in any fashion, I have a collection of bridges looking for owners.


26 posted on 07/17/2021 9:46:55 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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"There are phones not designed in China, which, if encrypted fully within in proper fashion (like the iPhone), should have extremely limited opportunities for inappropriate implants."

Or just buy an iPhone.

27 posted on 07/17/2021 12:17:07 PM PDT by StAnDeliver (Eric Coomer of Dominion Voting Systems Is The Blue Dress.)
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https://chiefio.wordpress.com/2020/10/31/privacy-oriented-phones/


28 posted on 07/17/2021 12:54:55 PM PDT by Ozark Tom
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To: tkocur

To go with my Freedom Fries?


29 posted on 07/20/2021 11:53:15 AM PDT by RedStateRocker (NUKE MECCA. ABOLISH THE DEA, IRS, AND ATF)
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