Safe Android replacement

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StolenWindows

StolenWindows

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All you'll need is a BeagleV Ahead Single Board Computer (SBC) with a XPT2046 USB-based HID-compliant Touchscreen, a USB SIM reader w/ a sysmoUSIM programmed on the mobile phone w/ Gentoo/Guix running over Wayland (Plasma Mobile/Phosh/Sway) and an Adafruit PowerBoost 1000C charger w/ LiPo battery, a ThinkPenguin USB 4G LTE-Advanced Modem, maybe hardware killswitches, you could add a 3d plastic display case or just use it as is, since the boards are for indoor use only as an experimental device. You could also plug HDMI to cast to your TV. Clone a band 48 Android smartphone's device credentials onto your LibrePi device, such as IMEI/MEID, MAC/IP address, etc, plug in an ath9k Atheros adaptor (like a WF-AR9287 2.4GHz 300Mbps PCIe Wi-Fi Adapter) plugged in it for MAC randomization between calls and open source network access, then port forward an IPv4 from a proxy that you scripted in Python with ChaCha20, X25519, Poly1305, and Kyber and use an app (like Jami or GNUNet's CADET for VoIP tunneling to make calls outside your lab network), use iptables, rkhunter, clamav, kvm/qemu, and firejail for network setup + pyshark for monitoring your network, audio should be through the TV you plug it into via HDMI or through using class compliant USB audio, thin copper heatsinks for the boards to reduce overclocking, plug a raw NAND flash board programmed with open controllers on the device as an alternative to eMMC for SD storage and use a mini USB keyboard for use as mini-PC w/ terminal and that's basically it. You now just made a homemade smartphone for dirt cheap for hacking and penetration-testing, with impunity! The finished product should be pretty bulky. For battery life issues, just plug it into a TV via HDMI port and connector so the TV will charge it and the Adafruit Powerboost charger.


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StolenWindows said:
You now just made a homemade smartphone for dirt cheap for hacking and penetration-testing, with impunity!
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seems like you have a specific use for it. but
StolenWindows said:
. Clone a base 48 Android smartphone's device credentials onto your LibrePi device,
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i have no idea how to do any of this shit.

Can i make an android tablet with the other stuff?
 
Dante Alighieri said:
How is this any better than a Pixel with Graphene?
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Having a full Linux Environment at an unnecessary cost of convenience and security. GrapheneOS is a great starting point actually other only actively supporting phones without a headphone jack.
Diesel Boogaloo said:
I think I'll just invest in pigeons.
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Briar supports pigeons as a medium (a). This messenger can work independently of the Internet but for something more general,
@888Flux is working on using Reticulum as a protocol (similarly to OP's mentioned GNUNet) and HAM Radio as a medium for accessing the Kiwifarms off-grid.
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Post in thread 'Ham Radio / Off-grid communication'

I've developed a frontend for accessing the KiwiFarms over HF radio and other low-bitrate networking devices.

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For HF radio links, it uses a software modem that's a wrapper around the codec2 raw data modes with an added ARQ and beaconing layer [under active development].

The Reticulum Network Stack provides full end to end encryption, perfect forward secrecy and handles the networking layer.
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oh no its pipkun said:
i have no idea how to do any of this shit.
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It's probably illegal, having permanent phone IDs misused by someone unlicensed but IANAL.

It may also be easier to tackle all challenges OP addresses, one by one.
 
herefortheactualthreads said:
yeah, i know some of these words!

on a more serious note: wtf am i supposed to do with the device when i've done all the buzzwordy steps to finish the configuration?
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You can plug it into a HDMI (along with the Adafruit charger w/ LiPo battery) and cast it on a bigger screen (HDTV) while you hook in your headphones to the USB audio w/ headphone microphone for making calls. You can use the pen that comes w/ the touchscreen for moving it, although note BeagleV isn't made for LTE, but it can still work, you'll just need a ThinkPenguin 4G USB modem w/ everything else, and there you go. USb keyboard when you're using terminal. It's a mini-PC. It should have the network speeds of an older cell phone when you add-in the encryption from routing ypur traffic through a hardened proxy (SOCKS5). That's where you route all calls through via VoIP, using a lab network your SIM is connected to w/ modem as access point. The battery life on the device itself should be shit, so it wouldn't be practical as a general-purpose phone (unless you keep it plugged into the Adafruit charger), but you can still call other numbers outside your network you're connected to using VoIP to avoid public cellular infrastructure. Just make sure your Adafruit is plugged in while you plug it into the TV so it'll match the voltages in the board.
 
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