Re: Privacy Concerns with UbuntuPhone

Hi,

On 9 April 2014 16:49, Danyl Strype <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> https://www.privacyinternational.org/blog/can-we-have-an-open-phone-please-the-case-of-the-ubuntu-phone
>
> I'm assuming that this is a situation imposed by the hardware makers
> rather than one chosen by the UbuntuPhone developers. Any thoughts?



This is my personal opinion, not necessarily that of my employer
(Canonical).

Yes, a mobile phone with a full open source stack would be really nice.
However, from a business perspective, it's almost impossible to achieve.
You are correct in your assumption that this is a decision made by the
phone manufacturers, not Canonical. I understand that, in terms of wanting
to secure one's privacy, a proprietary baseband OS is troubling, to say the
least.

It's also worth noting that this is not specific to Ubuntu Touch - *all*
open source phones, including phones that run Firefox OS, Tizen, and MeeGo
run proprietary baseband code (IMO this fact reduces the article you linked
somewhat - it's now a case of "Hey, turns out Ubuntu Touch has the same
business constraints as every other mobile OS on the planet" - hardly news
worthy).

Ubuntu Touch is still freaking awesome though - so much so that I'll
replace my trusty Galaxy S II with an Ubuntu touch phone when they become
available.
Then again, I'm probably biased :)


Cheers,

-- 
Thomi Richards

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