Message from @Bogs_Bunny
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Agreed, it's so we'll encrypted that the creators can't hack it
Great alternative to SMS, but at the end of the day your phone is still spying on you, to the point that everything you type or see is being recorded regardless of what app you are using.
@Reno do you know if installing a custom ROM instead of Android OS will stop it?
@Bogs_Bunny I've heard that running a custom ROM without Google Play Services will help a lot, but even then it is trackable in many ways.
I guess it depends on your threat model.
Afaik going without Google Play Services will spare you from the Google botnet but you are still vulnerable through your hardware and firmware.
For example, I'm no Edward Snowden, so I'm sure they're not going to get the supercomputers fired up to crack my YouTube password
I have practically zero knowledge of hardware and firmware exploits to spy on me sadly.
A lot of them are there by design, e.g. Intel Management Engine in modern PCs.
@Reno what about AMD?
More of a backdoor but you see what i'm saying
AMD has PSP now which is like the same thing but they didn't implement it until 2012 or so
Ah. Well shit. Lol. At least I use Linux.
That will help a lot just like running a custom ROM instead of government spyware
Especially a libre distribution like Trisquel or Void.
I use a mainstream one, Linux Mint.
Nothing wrong with that. You're in better shape than me right now I'm running winblows
I have win10 on a separate hard drive for video games, but yeah Linux is my every day.
Vidya is the only reason I'm still using this crap haha
Yes. I would wager it was to make people think that their phones are safe.
Let me get started on the comms faq. Entry #1, buttfangs are shite.
Gib me one on far left plz
I love Motorola’s
I’m happier with the APX 4k than I thought I would be. I used to have a 7000XE and loved it.
All but one of those has AES-256 encryption. 4th from left has NVG compatible display and its too dark to see on camera.
@redbeard I've been looking at the APX series, but I've always held off because I have 25 licensed UHF channels from the FCC and most of the people I work with use standard UHF channels.
And I'm not really trying to buy a bunch of them, lol.
@redbeard why are baofengs bad I’m still a newb working towards my license and have a GT3TP.
They aren't bad, they are cheap... 99.9% of people will be just fine with them or a standard HT from another Chinese or Japanese manufacturer.
Getting even business band channels licensed is expensive, and P25 digital even more so. If you're just talking with your crew, the FRS bands tend to be fine for most.
I programmed mine with a variety of things repeaters FRS MURS and simplex
NOAA too
Yeah, that's what most people do... with any HT you're limited in range anyway unless you setup your own repeaters, or have some local to you. But you're still on open airwaves anyway.
I guess so as long as you’re talking to people you know you can always talk in code
The ones redbeard has there are expensive digital radios that require existing infrastructure, or are just as limited as a standard ham HT, with the addition of *legal* encryption.
Do you need your general license for that right
Yeah, codes would be best anyway
It would be advisable to have your license for ham channels and definitely for repeater use, yes