Petition the blackphone people for this. If they are willing to fund it certainly possible to get it done.
-V On Thu, Dec 25, 2014 at 2:47 AM, <spencer...@openmailbox.org> wrote: > Hello everybody, > > With all of the great development happening around the Tor network this > holiday season, it seems fitting to ask for something that would help me out > tremendously: TorPhone. > > We have a great back-end network, a sweet browser for most platforms [f/iOS > & WP], and a kick-ass portable OS, just to name a few. However, these do > not necessarily meet my needs, and I presume the needs of many others, when > on the road, which I am always on. > > I propose, and please point me in the correct direction if I am overlooking > something that already exists, a bare-bones WiFi-only mobile device. > > Ideally it would run an open OS tied to an open organization and come with > nothing installed on it except for a mobile version of TorBrowser. The best > example I can think of now is a forked version of Android with Orweb/bot > installed. Other applications could be installed at the discretion of the > human, like F-Droid and whatnot, presuming they meet the security ethics of > the network. > > I could take most any Android device and only use WiFi but most offerings > are through a cellular service provider on a WiFi-only SIM. I could also > just avoid using a cellular SIM altogether but the devices still come > preloaded with all kinds of stuff that do things I don't want them to, like > tracking and reporting, most of which can only be disabled, not uninstalled, > at least not by me. I could also throw an Android alternative on it but in > most cases that requires entering into a contract with the manufacturer > regarding the now unlocked bootloader, let alone the learning curve of > actually doing so. And I could get a device that comes without a locked > bootloader like a Jolla running Sailfish or a OnePlus running CyanogenMod, > though they are also quite tied to either a manufacturer or a provider, or > both. If Android isn't the best option, what is? > > Knowing very little about compiling or securing software, like most people, > this out of the box experience seems quite valuable. > > If this is a reasonable request, and if this is the right place to make such > a request, I am all aboard with assisting development in anyway that I can; > form development, mechanical engineering, interface, experience, packaging, > whatever...I just want to see a truly usable mobile device in my hand, and > the hands of others. > > Any thoughts? > > > > Happy Holidays! > > Awesome, > SpencerOne > > -- > tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org > To unsubscribe or change other settings go to > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
