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brooklynite

(94,737 posts) Tue Jan 18, 2022, 10:00 PM Jan 2022

Remember that "Freedom Phone" scam?

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Remember that "Freedom Phone" scam? (Original Post) brooklynite Jan 2022 OP

It's a cheap Chinese knockoff with an unsecured Android OS and a 500% markup. Initech Jan 2022 #1

i've never heard of this but if Candace Owens is on it, say no more......... Takket Jan 2022 #2

It's basically a Linux phone, which should be pretty cheap... keep_left Jan 2022 #3

Initech

(100,103 posts)

1. It's a cheap Chinese knockoff with an unsecured Android OS and a 500% markup.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Jan 18, 2022, 10:07 PM

Jan 2022

If you use this phone don't be surprised if your every move and transaction is watched and hacked.

Takket

(21,629 posts)

2. i've never heard of this but if Candace Owens is on it, say no more.........

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Jan 18, 2022, 10:09 PM

Jan 2022

keep_left

(1,792 posts)

3. It's basically a Linux phone, which should be pretty cheap...

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Jan 18, 2022, 10:09 PM

Jan 2022

...but instead it's a scam run by a Trumper, so it's really expensive. And slow. And, again, it's a scam! It also looks like they're already backpedaling on the Linux OS for some proprietary OS, so goodbye "freedom", at least in terms of software freedom. BTW, you can "flash" older Android phones with a Linux OS at no cost to you, but it requires some technical savvy.

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