[Bradford] I lost me Phone!

[Nick Rhodes]

Hi

Edward Snowden recommends GrapheneOS - https://grapheneos.org , it 
appears to be well supported by Google Pixel phones, you will need to be 
able to perform the flashing of a firmware to install GrapheneOS.

For those who possess more tin foil, one should worry about the trust of 
the hardware and consider a far more FOSS hardware,  I think the 
Pinephone - https://www.pine64.org/pinephone is the only current 
example, the hardware seems pretty good, but not being Android based has 
much more limited in terms of applications available.

Cheers, Nick

On 29/09/2020 17:54, Moanin via Bradford wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> I lost my mobile phone today. As it's almost as old and knackered as 
> me I don't feel it's such a great loss apart from contacts and a small 
> number of other details. I've been chuntering on about buying a new 
> one for some time, so this gives me the impetus even if the old one 
> turns up again.
>
> What I'm looking for now is a recommendation for a replacement. Not a 
> lot of the Google, even less of the Apple, just a little bit of the 
> Open Source and a lot of freedom from being spied upon.
>
> If there is such a thing as a spy free phone in our "democratic" (sic) 
> society, an idea of where to buy it would be helpful, too.
>
> Huawei look tempting, with their EMUI OS which appears to tick some of 
> my boxes. Does anybody know much about them? I know John Hudson had an 
> older model last time the topic came up in conversation but that was a 
> while ago. Any updates, John?
>
> Apart for an eyewatering price for the cheapest lurching skywards from 
> model to model, is there much practical difference between the Huawei 
> p40, p40 Pro and P40 Pro+?
>
> The Mate Xs is a bit two grand for me.
>
> All ideas fitting the above description, including but not restricted 
> to Huawei, accepted and absorbed without hesitation.
>
> TIA,
>
> Mike
>
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> was on his album "Blues and Roots", 1959.
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