Flagship mobile phone with hardware kill switches for privacy (news.itsfoss.com) 39 points by ForHackernews 9mo ago ↗ HN
[–] fcpk 9mo ago ↗ Wonderful except that soon that phone won't work for anything official in europe because it won't pass play integrity attestation that brussels wants to be the only gateway to certification of devices.
[–] zb3 9mo ago ↗ If GrapheneOS won't plan on supporting that it means it's not as secure as advertised.
[–] taneliv 9mo ago ↗ Hey, I learned something. I knew of Fairphone, but I didn't know they had kill switches. The device might be out of my budget, but it seems promising.
[–] euroderf 9mo ago ↗ > One is a hardware switch that cuts circuit power to the cameras and microphonesHow great might be the threat of using its speakers as microphones ?
[–] bumseltagbaerbi 9mo ago ↗ Blala, 1k electronics shit that won't potentially do calls reliably or BT with cars etc. [–] yjftsjthsd-h 9mo ago ↗ > shit that won't potentially do calls reliably or BT with cars etc.Based on what? If it's not yet available, how would you be able to tell how well it does calls or BT-pairs with cars?
[–] yjftsjthsd-h 9mo ago ↗ > shit that won't potentially do calls reliably or BT with cars etc.Based on what? If it's not yet available, how would you be able to tell how well it does calls or BT-pairs with cars?
[–] joecool1029 9mo ago ↗ The mediatek dimensity means it's sure to barely work on US carriers. They're not written band support anywhere on their 'detailed specs'
[–] OutOfHere 9mo ago ↗ It's a run-of-the-mill pre-sale scam. Post when it's actually available for sale.
[–] craftkiller 9mo ago ↗ nit: Title inaccurate. There is a single hardware kill switch, not plural. Separately, there is also a software kill switch.
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 27.4 ms ] threadHow great might be the threat of using its speakers as microphones ?
Based on what? If it's not yet available, how would you be able to tell how well it does calls or BT-pairs with cars?