5 Oct
2012
5 Oct
'12
12:29 a.m.
On Thu, 4 Oct 2012, Peter Stuge wrote:
John Case wrote:
Ok, I'll qualify that ... I think that pursuing calypso as the only
working component of osmocom, and to the exclusion of all else, is a dead
end.
If Harold gets the open implementation of calypso up and running as a dev
kit and we can all build imsi catchers with that, that's great - I will
buy 10.
In term of making peoples lives better and giving people more security and
freedom, there needs to be a 3G (or even LTE) platform.
I am repeating myself, but again: when was the last time a reference
handset was in the hands of millions of people ? And had been produced as
a showcase of running a free OS ? If these kids can break the PS3, one of
these nexus platforms should be able to be cracked wide open.
I was saying that pursuing calypso was a dead
end.
I disagree.
There are still quite a few people in the world who can learn about
low-level details of 2G cell phone networks, and that is valuable. I think your approach to stay with a non-cell phone
device is
admirable, but in practise it's not nearly as convenient and so
it doesn't scale. It might be good enough for some, but in any
case it can't really be called a cell phone.
I'm just looking for control and security in my mobile computer ... I see
two different routes to get there:
1. Gain complete, end to end (BP + AP) control over some hardware platform
(obviously preferable)
2. Just find a computer I like and add a USB modem to it (only thing
currently workable)
So it's not what I want, and certainly not what I would push others toward
- it's just the only option...