I've seen a lot of threads here lately about smartphones

I've seen a lot of threads here lately about smartphones
Are you idiots really using the walking botnet?
I mean, imagine if you are a coder and you complain about spyware here but at the same time you have a walking spyware in your hands?
People who use smartphones can't talk about security, freedom, open source or net neutrality
>but I use a custom rom I downloaded from an indian forum full of hacks
doesn't matter

I wish I didn't have to use it, but yout know

>Are you idiots really using the walking botnet?
It's kind of a requirement if you don't want to be cut off from countless sources of valuable information and other people who aren't in a 50m radius.
And to be fucking honest, them gathering a profile on you is pointless now that by 2050 Europe will be Shitskinistan, your loved ones being dead or tortured and America terraformed into the communist dream.

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>valuable information
>shitposting on fb/twitter

>other people
>who are weak and cannot comprehend what it means to resist spying

>It's kind of a requirement if you don't want to be cut off from countless sources of valuable information
such as?
The only use of a smartphone I see is whatsapp or some kind of direct messenger. Other than that I'm not really sure what can a smartphone offer that is considered positive and/or beneficial

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U nigga

>having the Facebook app on your phone

pointless, delete it.

>not being able to call an uber or lyft

sounds fun enjoy your walk (doesn't count if you don't live near a city)

in all honesty you're going to be spied on either way but it's automated and mainly used for marketing + targeted advertising. best thing you can do is to keep location services off unless absolutely necessary, as well as making sure your phone doesn't passively look for wifi. your digital fingerprint is something you can smudge pretty easily if you know what these companies use to profile you.

>Afwall and Adaway to control what can connect to the internet and what can't
>Dvasive to prevent the camera and microphone from being activated without your knowledge
>Xposed to spoof your Mac address, Android ID, gps coordinates, imei, serial number and pretty much anything you want

Lmao i bet you are one of those idiots who avoid windows because they think they cant block the botnet on windows 10

>using overpriced and borderline illegal cab services that waste fuel and rely on slave labor
>not taking the bus/train or riding a bike
lol americans

>he thinks i'm "going to be spied on either way" when i don't even use a botnet phone

>Lmao i bet you are one of those idiots who avoid windows because they think they cant block the botnet on windows 10
I use windows 7 almost daily as my secondary system. I'm not RMS cultist but android and iOS are cancer. Even if you remove the botnet that comes installed by the hardware vendor (LG, Samsung, Apple, Sony, etc) there are dozens of settings that can't be disabled unless you want to make your smartphone useless

If western countries were safer I'd go with my personal laptop to work and using on the street. I did this in south korea back in 2008 and 2009. Today I have a very light laptop that could emulate android apps but since I don't feel safe to take with me on the streets I don't use it

you sound like a little sissy bitch. what city do you live in that you don't feel safe carrying a laptop?

>Afwall and Adaway to control what can connect to the internet and what can't
can't control traffic on the baseband processor

>Dvasive to prevent the camera and microphone from being activated without your knowledge
lol you're using proprietary software to protect yourself? besides anything with root privileges can override it (this includes system apps and binary blobs), not to mention most smartphones have no LED or anything indicating if the camera or microphone is in use, only way to disable them would be through a physical switch

>Xposed to spoof your Mac address, Android ID, gps coordinates, imei, serial number and pretty much anything you want
placebo

user I lived in canada, uk, germany and sweden
It's not safe to walk with your personal laptop in those countries. Sure if you are spending the weekend in a small spanish, german or canadian village it's ok but you know what I'm talking about

You really have never used an android phone right? Ios is shit as you said but you can do pretty much anything you want in android, not just removing the preinstalled apps as you said

There is no settings you cant change. hell you can even change the "os" to an open source safer one. Sure it's obviously not for normies, it requires learning but it isn't impossible or makes your phone useless as you said and even if you do make it useless by accident you can easily fix it by connecting it to a PC and reflashing the rom

It all makes sense now...
GPL: required to share any addition to redistribute others work = socialist nazis

BSD/MIT: you can take others work and make profit = communist anarchy

>BSD/MIT: you can take others work and make profit = communist anarchy
*right-wing fascism

Nice info my shillfriend
In the first place that would only affect you if they were close to you and if that was the case then they listening to your boring calls over radio signals would be the lesser of your problems

Second even if the phone does have a backdoor that somehow overrides the turning off of the camera and microphone they would need to transmit it to somewhere else or it would be useless and they cant do that when you monitor all your traffic and log the connections to block nearly every connection (plus you can just put tape over the cameras and you can just switch to another ROM)

and lastly how are they placebo? Lmao I have used them many times to bypass bans in apps and to change the gps in apps like Pokemon go plus other things

>and lastly how are they placebo? Lmao I have used them many times to bypass bans in apps and to change the gps in apps like Pokemon go plus other things
So there is no real life benefit of smartphones other than autism games

Why in PRACTICAL terms does all this bawtnet shit matter?

Answer: It doesn't.

>not keeping your smartphone in farradays cage all the time except for when you need it
Your point was?

It also works on Snapchat and other apps but since normies use the GPS for uber, driving apps and other crap that needs your actual irl location then nope it's not useful

People with computers can't talk about technology.
Everything is backdoored or has privacy blob.

Fuck u

>canada, uk, germany, sweden
>unsafe
Lmao.

>uk, germany and sweden are now mudslim countries
It's sure unsafe as hell, AIDS will skyrocket in these shitholes

but a simple CPU backdoor is acceptable (it's the risk of using the internet)
Same with 4 chan

Well you never went there. I never felt safe enough to bring my personal laptop with me
A lot of co-workers told me to not use a cellphone out in the open after 9 PM on trains and in large streets, bars , etc.

>your backdoored devices are unacceptable and you should die
>but mine is ok
seriously off yourself

I don't think you understand how poor public transit is in America. Unless you live in one of the top cities, you're almost SOL with finding decent public transport. Uber emerged from the vacancy that is public transport and shitty cab service.

I dunno man I don't want to become more of a neet/weirdo/shutin
Plus it's practical to coordinate things with friends, look up streets and public transport, and look up stuff on the fly
>inb4 dumb phone
A dumbphone would have 2/3s of the spying capabilities anyway (rough position, mic, text messages, contacts)
I miss the days where all phones did was call and text messages though. Things were simpler back then

it's acceptable because otherwise you can't use audio/video software and decrypt blu rays

Then smartphones are acceptable too.

no because there is no pro and only cons

talking with family/friends/coworker/whoever_you_want
gps
photos/video
mail
internet access
music/video player
terminal apps for your servers
tethering
nfc
These are PROs and you can find open source alternatives for EVERYTHING in my list.
I see no pros in being a society reject who refuse to interact with people or simply live because of some baddies global scheme to rule the world.
You're a no body and NO ONE is actively spying on you.

>talking with family/friends/coworker/whoever_you_want
Yes that's the only benefit
I'm not obsessed about privacy because of spying
They track your browsing because of marketing data.

This is hilarious.

>you can find open source alternatives for EVERYTHING in my list.
plus use custom rom.

I don't know about Sup Forums autists, but I'm out a lot and I need my phone to check stuff online many times, be it maps, checking something in my online storage, sending a message, RECEIVING a message etc. etc. I know you don't go out so you don't understand.

I hate you so much you dirty piece of shit

>Unless you live in one of the top cities
They are the only ones with a population that needs public transportation. My small town got a bus service and the lines are like 1 person per stop. Fucking waste.

eh

I have immunity dog nigga.