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0 pointsajamesm9y ago0 comments

I'm not a fan of opaque baseband firmwares either, don't get me wrong, but what's the alternative? Not for the DoD, I mean for union organizers making $50k a year -- people who aren't going to get murdered by Mossad, but still need to authenticate and encrypt their communication channels. What device would you recommend?

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voltagex_9y ago

Who's the likely threat to union organisers? I suspect a pair-locked iPhone with Signal or Whatsapp would be more than secure enough.

ajamesmOP9y ago

The most prominent example would be https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Hoffa

and then the long, storied history of American strike-breaking &c.

kuschku9y ago

Well, either the threat is a private group, then WhatsApp or even Google Hangouts is secure enough.

Or the threat is a government, then Signal is not secure enough either, because the US govt can just force Google and OWS to ship modified APKs.

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