@bob my thoughts exactly. If the device you have works with #Heads, why use #Tails? If it works with #Trisquel or vanilla #Debian, why use #Ubuntu? The whole problem with blobs is that we have no idea what that code actually is, or what it might be doing. It's not #FreeCode, and it can't be openly audited. @resist__berlin@Jason_Dodd
@dredmorbius my first piece of advice for people wanting to communicate securely, especially if they are activists or journalists who might be facing *targeted* interception, not just mass surveillance, is "don't use a vanilla mobile device". IMHO they are inherently vulnerable to such adversaries. Use a laptop that can run #Debian with no non-free repos enabled. Use a burner OS like #Heads (100% free fork of #Tails), and reboot (ideally relocate to a new WiFi) between each comms action you do.
@kawaiipunk if your target is high user numbers, not secure chat, then going for vanilla mobiles makes total sense. But most current mobile devices are inherently pwned by the OS vendors, device manufacturers, and others, in ways that we've spent 20 years figuring out how to hack around on the desktop platform with things like #Tails/ #Heads. @bob@gentoorebel@noorul