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- “Freedom Phone” is an overpriced smartphone that doesn’t free you from anything https://www.xda-developers.com/freedom-phone-overpriced-smartphone/ 20 comments
- Beware before Ordering Ringing Bells Smart 101 or Freedom 251 Smart Phone http://phoneradar.com/beware-ringing-bells-freedom-251-smartphone/ 10 comments
- Is Freedom Phone the Trump University of Mobile Devices? https://fossforce.com/2022/04/is-freedom-phone-the-trump-university-of-mobile-devices/ 2 comments technology
- MAGA World’s ‘Freedom Phone’ Actually Budget Chinese Phone https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-worlds-freedom-phone-actually-budget-chinese-phone 67 comments politics
- Trump administration seeks to reauthorise spying programme that records Americans’ phone and text records - USA Freedom Act, which Edward Snowden revealed, allows the NSA to access private communications https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-administration-spying-phone-text-records-usa-freedom-act-edward-snowden-a9062771.html 4 comments politics
- In 'Chilling' Attack on Press Freedom, Trump's DOJ Seizes Phone and Email Records of Reporter https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/06/08/chilling-attack-press-freedom-trumps-doj-seizes-phone-and-email-records-reporter 64 comments politics
- Freedom from phone contracts http://arstechnica.com/business/2013/08/say-goodbye-to-mobile-phone-contracts-and-roaming-fees-with-yuilop/ 5 comments technology
- Richard Stallman: Cell phones are 'Stalin's dream.' Free software movement founder says smartphone surveillance threatens freedom. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/031411-richard-stallman.html?hpg1=bn 43 comments opensource
- A new weapon in the War on Freedom: Turning your cell phone into a 24/7 bug by remote command http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/12/remotely_eavesd_1.html 3 comments reddit.com
- Bitcoin dork launches scam "Freedom Phone" for MAGA crowd https://www.avclub.com/bitcoin-dork-launches-scam-freedom-phone-for-the-para-1847318529/amp 18 comments cryptocurrency
- The Freedom Phone Smells Like a Stupid, Cynical Grift https://www.pcmag.com/opinions/the-freedom-phone-smells-like-a-stupid-cynical-grift 62 comments technology
- Man behind Freedom 251 mobile phone detained for fraud http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/man-behind-freedom-251-mobile-phone-detained-for-fraud/articleshow/57314430.cms 3 comments india
- Beware before Ordering Ringing Bells Smart 101 or Freedom 251 Smart Phone [NP] http://phoneradar.com/beware-ringing-bells-freedom-251-smartphone/ 10 comments india
- President Obama has signed the USA Freedom Act into law, ending the bulk collection of Americans' phone records http://edition.cnn.com/2015/06/02/politics/senate-usa-freedom-act-vote-patriot-act-nsa/index.html 7 comments politics
- Cell phone freedom bill passes House http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/votes/199257-cell-phone-freedom-bill-passes-house 2 comments technology
- Obama Hailed ‘World Press Freedom Day’ As His DOJ Was Seizing AP Phone Records http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-hailed-world-press-freedom-day-his-doj-was-seizing-ap-phone-records 8 comments politics
- The MAGA-targeted “Freedom Phone” has a breathtaking amount of red flags https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/07/the-maga-targeted-freedom-phone-has-a-breathtaking-amount-of-red-flags/ 432 comments politics
- The MAGA-targeted “Freedom Phone” has a breathtaking amount of red flags https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/07/the-maga-targeted-freedom-phone-has-a-breathtaking-amount-of-red-flags/ 111 comments technology
- The Feds Are Wrong to Warn of “Warrant-Proof” Phones - Throughout history, communications have mainly been ephemeral. We need to be sure we can preserve that freedom. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601044/the-feds-are-wrong-to-warn-of-warrant-proof-phones/ 20 comments technology
- ACLU: 12-yr-old student cell phone search and expulsion from school unnecessary and "a gross violation of his constitutional rights, including his right to freedom of speech." http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/09/expelled-student-sues-over-unreasonable-cell-phone-search.ars 14 comments reddit.com
- Homeland security seizing more and more laptops, phones, USB keys every day. You really should bitch to your congressman and senator, right now, if you don't want this bullshit 'little at a time' theft of our freedoms to continue. http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/01/15/laptops 4 comments reddit.com
- 'Direct Attack on the First Amendment': Trump DOJ Secretly Obtained Washington Post Journalists' Phone Records | "When the government spies on journalists and their sources, it jeopardizes freedom of the press," said the ACLU. https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/05/08/direct-attack-first-amendment-trump-doj-secretly-obtained-washington-post 319 comments politics
- The US Senate has voted down the USA Freedom Act by a vote of 58-42, leaving it just two votes shy of the 60 it needed. The bill would have ended the controversial phone record metadata collection by the NSA, but the Senate was not in favor of rolling back any of the NSA's broad surveillance powers. http://www.theverge.com/2014/11/18/7241967/usa-freedom-act-for-nsa-reform-is-voted-down-in-the-senate 1201 comments technology
- MAGA-branded ‘Freedom Phone’ Is a Major Security Hazard https://gizmodo.com/maga-branded-freedom-phone-is-a-black-box-that-should-b-1847299215 133 comments privacy
- MAGA World’s ‘Freedom Phone’ Actually Budget Chinese Phone |MAGA Influencers are pushing a phone preloaded with apps like Parler and Rumble that appears to be a vastly more expensive version of a phone made in China. https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-worlds-freedom-phone-actually-budget-chinese-phone 54 comments worldnews
- Librem5 Talk @ cccamp19: A mobile phone that respects your freedom - Experiences and lessons learned from 2 years of development and still ongoing https://media.ccc.de/v/camp2019-10238-a_mobile_phone_that_respects_your_freedom 22 comments linux
- Freedom 251 Maker Says 2 Lakh Rs. 251 Phones Ready, Will Launch 'Cheapest' HD LED TV http://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/freedom-251-maker-says-2-lakh-rs-251-phones-ready-will-launch-cheapest-hd-led-tv-853073 7 comments india
- Even if Congress passes the USA Freedom Act, the NSA might continue to collect records on virtually all US phone calls, according to a top Justice Department official http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/192845-doj-official-freedom-act-may-not-stop-sweeping-spying 5 comments privacy
- Monitoring of AP Phones a "Terrifying" Step in State Assault on Press Freedom - Chris Hedges: "Talk to any investigative journalist ... & they will tell you there is a deep freeze." http://www.truth-out.org/video/item/16412-chris-hedges-monitoring-of-ap-phones-a-terrifying-step-in-state-assault-on-press-freedom 19 comments politics
- Egypt shut down the entire Internet with six phone calls. *Except* for people with satellite phones. When will politicians worldwide get it: we want freedom, not global communism,wherever we are whoever we are. Your old world, your old religions are over. Step up or step down. http://wapo.st/gawpfj 4 comments politics
- Trump fans like Candace Owens and Jack Posobiec are hyping the $500 Freedom Phone, which appears to be a cheap Chinese handset with a big markup https://www.businessinsider.com/freedom-phone-hyped-trump-fans-appears-cheap-chinese-handset-2021-7?amp%3Butm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Falleyinsider%2Fsilicon_alley_insider+%28Silicon+Alley+Insider%29&%3Butm_medium=feed 52 comments politics
- 'Excruciatingly Close': With Just 24 Hours Until Crucial Vote, Net Neutrality Defenders Urged to Flood Senate Phone Lines. "The outcome of this Senate vote will impact the fight for Internet freedom for years to come." https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/05/15/excruciatingly-close-just-24-hours-until-crucial-vote-net-neutrality-defenders-urged 275 comments politics
- The NSA's bulk metadata collection authority just expired. What now? | The modest change guaranteed by the USA Freedom Act means that the NSA can no longer directly store Americans’ phone data – a victory for Edward Snowden http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/nov/28/nsa-bulk-metadata-collection-expires-usa-freedom-act 54 comments technology
- The NSA's bulk metadata collection authority just expired. What now? -- The modest change guaranteed by the USA Freedom Act means that the NSA can no longer directly store Americans’ phone data – a victory for Edward Snowden http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/nov/28/nsa-bulk-metadata-collection-expires-usa-freedom-act 37 comments politics
- Next year the government will mandate all new cell phones have a chip that receives government propaganda. In addition to Amber Alerts and warnings of imminent doom from terrorists who hate us for our freedom, the system will send out “urgent blasts from the president". http://www.activistpost.com/2011/05/fear-based-terror-alerts-to-become.html#more 3 comments politics
- Confirmed: FBI Got Warning Day Before OKC Bombing - New documents released under the Freedom of Information Act confirm that the FBI received a phone call the day before the Oklahoma City bombing warning that the attack was imminent... http://www.prisonplanet.com/confirmed-fbi-got-warning-day-before-okc-bombing.html 35 comments politics
- The Strange Tale of the Freedom Phone, a Smartphone for Conservatives. A 22-year-old Bitcoin millionaire wants Republicans to ditch their iPhones for a low-end handset that he hopes to turn into a political tool. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/06/technology/freedom-phone-smartphone-conservatives.html 126 comments politics
- NSA shuts down bulk phone surveillance program today: Under the Freedom Act NSA and law enforcement agencies must get a court order to ask telcos like Verizon to enable monitoring of call records of specific people or groups for up to six months http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/27/us-usa-nsa-termination-iduskbn0tg27120151127 50 comments technology
- The good news about the 'death' of NSA reform: surveillance supporters may have dug their own grave | Snowden haters may have blocked the USA Freedom Act, but the clock is ticking before the law that justifies vacuuming your phone records blows up in the face of newly conservative Washington http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/nov/19/nsa-reform-surveillance-usa-freedom-act-section-215 3 comments politics
- India sets up nationwide snooping program to tap emails, phones. India does not have a formal privacy law and the new surveillance system will operate under the Indian Telegraph Act - a law formulated by the British in 1885 - which gives the government freedom to monitor private conversations. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/enterprise-it/security/india-sets-up-nationwide-snooping-programme-to-tap-your-emails-phones/articleshow/20678562.cms 6 comments worldevents