Flagship mobile phone with hardware kill switches for privacy (news.itsfoss.com) 39 points by ForHackernews 11mo ago ↗ HN
[–] fcpk 11mo 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 11mo ago ↗ If GrapheneOS won't plan on supporting that it means it's not as secure as advertised.
[–] taneliv 11mo 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 11mo 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 11mo ago ↗ Blala, 1k electronics shit that won't potentially do calls reliably or BT with cars etc. [–] yjftsjthsd-h 11mo 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 11mo 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 11mo 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 11mo ago ↗ It's a run-of-the-mill pre-sale scam. Post when it's actually available for sale.
[–] craftkiller 11mo 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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[ 1.8 ms ] story [ 31.6 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?