I agree that it is easier to reset a Linux device, compared to an Android device.
root privledges on mainline Linux
Why does an attacker need root when they can keylog you, send off your passwords, your personal documents, and your SSH/GPG keys?
Non-shameless plug: I recommend you sandbox your programs on Linux using Firejail.
You can also sandbox your system services using systemd. If you are already using Flatpaks, please further confine them using Flatseal.
A lot more people looking to hack your Android or IOS devices than your Linux devices.
This is not reason to neglect security of your Linux devices.
I didnât say it was a reason to neglect security, just that it was likely the reason root exploits are less common. Nonetheless some pretty serious exploits pop up for mainline linux from time to time. The frequency of severe vulnerabilities is significantly less than that of Android, but again thatâs probably just because fewer people are working to exploit them.
Most of the people looking to exploit vulnerabilities are probably using mainline Linux in the first place.
No need to even mention Windows here. I have a Windows partition just for playing old PC games. It never goes online⌠Never.
P.S. Also, as far as keylogging is concerned; you donât need a keylogger, you just need line of sight.
For completeness I should mention the Librem 5 here. The Librem 5, running Purismâs own Linux distribution, is the ultimate in mobile security. It goes a step beyond the Pine Phone by offering hardware switches that physically disconnect the camera, microphone, modem, bluetooth and wifi chips.
No level of exploit can bypass these switches. Although, like the Pine Phone, I hear battery life kinda sucks. You could also buy 3 or 4 Pine Phones for the price of a Librem 5.
Another benefit to the Pine Phone is the processor. Depending on your needs the processor is either a pro or a con. Itâs old, itâs power hungry compared to newer mobile processors and itâs slow. If youâre looking for performance this is not the place to look.
However; if youâre looking for security the processor is one of the Pine Phoneâs biggest assets. The old age of the processor means that most of the vulnerabilities in the design have already been found and patched.
I just turned to my girlfriend and said âyou know, we should probably get one of those Pine Phones.â She agrees. Gonna spring for the convergeance package
lmao, hacked huh? For someone trying to be as safe and secure as you say in the post. I find it very hard to believe. 1st red flag: Browsing Facebook. For someone security minded, you failed that one. 2nd red flag: You mention instagram. Again, (not trying to pick on you butâŚ). I would like to assume that someone as technically inclined such as yourself. would immediately pull system logs or a logcat, or something with factual technical data. But I see no mention of such. Or any mention of auditing the proprietary applications. Another red flag, You seem to be going out of your way to not use google services, yet. You use google play protect? ( odd⌠) Want to know what I think?.. One of the processes an app was supposed to do, for some reason was held back and any gestures being made was also loaded into the phones ram, once whatever was causing the stall, once killed or released, everything getting backed up, ran seemingly all at once. Causing things to appear to be pressed/moved/whatever by some âhackerâ. Some questions to ask oneself b4 claiming âhackedâ What is your position in your community, leader, mentor, local gov? What position do you hold at work, is it a position of power? Do you or a family member work in Gov or Military? If these answers are No, well, you are like the rest of us, nobodies. From the hackers perspective, if you are not going to be a monetary gain of whatever assets, be it info or $$, then you are no target, and to the hacker, a waist of time. Furthermore I would begin to familiarize myself with androids adb and a terminal. Learn some stuff, keep crash logs, backtraces, logcat files, etc etc⌠Other than that. I think you have a âŚactive imagination of things you donât understand. Iâm betting you were not hacked. But more or less ran into bug and scared yourself. Peace.
I live off-grid, Iâm more concerned about power consumption than I am about security. When my phone was hacked last year it didnât bother me so much that someone mightâve been recording my microphone or GPS coordinates, if someone wants to spend their time listening to me tell bad jokes, you know, thatâs their problem.
What bothered me was the huge drain on my battery. Well that and the developer options being disabled which made debugging Carpe Diem a big pain. More electricity going to my phone meant less electeicity available for my computer and more stress on my solar panels and battery banks.
Unless your computer is a raspberry pi or similar, itâs surprising a phone could use anywhere near as much power. Aside from high winds, can solar panels really be stressed by powering something? Maybe you should add on a wind turbine.
Theyâre portable folding arrays made from polycrystalline panels sheathed in polyester fabric. On one of our panels the sun has already degraded the polyester to the point where the front layer of fabric has ripped all the way through. The wires connecting the panels have also all broken due to the constant folding and unfolding of the arrays, Iâve spliced them back together with bits of old USB cable.
As for the battery banks, their lifespan is measured in cycles which is to say how many times theyâve been discharged and recharged. Most manufacturers rate their lithium battery lifespans around 500 cycles, but one can increase that number by not fully charging the battery.
Lithium plating is the issue that causes lithium batteries to lose their capacity over time and the rate at which plating occurs increases on a curve as charge increases. We tend not to charge our batteries above 75% and that greatly improves their overall lifespan.
My computer, by the way, is a Microsoft Surface 3. Idle power consumption is around 3 watts and tops out just under 13. Our solar arrays are rated for 20 watt output, though we just purchased a new 30 watt monocrystalline array paired with a 22500mah power bank with 30 watt power delivery output and an 80 watt modified sinewave AC inverter.
Our 20 watt polycrystalline arrays put out more watts per pound, but the 30 watt supports direct 18v DC out as well as 30 watt USB-C PD.
P.S. leaving your phone on the charger all night destroys the batteryâs capacity and accelerates end of life.
Itâs cool you can get by on so little (directly used) electricity, and camping is fun for a while. Iâd guess you know youâre pushing some costs of your lifestyle onto others without their consent⌠So it has been for millennia. Technology changes fast; people more slowly.
Consider taking a long hard look at the costs of your lifestyle.
You assume I havenât.
Then maybe we could compare to two no?
You assume I care to. I donât. And it surprises me that you would.
P.S. Also I donât know what youâre talking about here. I donât receive government assistance if thatâs what you mean.
No. As one example, your blog statements implying you trespass or stay places where other people do, or likely will, get law enforcement involved. There is more, but I donât wish to insult more or keep going more off-topic. Iâm almost a little sorry I made the comment.
I stay in forrest land where people rarely ever go. I go weeks, months even, without seeing another person. Aside from my girlfriend of course. Alas, even that is illegal.
Youâre right, I do care. I care about you.
P.S. That âblogâ of mine sure does get me into some pretty big trouble sometimes.
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My host, https://www.autistici.org, doesnât support server side languages so all the dynamics of my site are provided by javascript.
One of the reasons I stick with mainstream browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Edge) is because I think they are the most advanced (compared to other browsers) in terms of security. I also make sure to configure the permissions properly. I know they track, but that is okay for what I do.
While I have heard/ read similar stories, I would like to test them myself. Can you share the site where you experienced this problem?
