'Freedom Phone' Looks To Be A Cheap And Vulnerable Chinese Android

[Nevilledog]

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Mikael Thalen
@MikaelThalen
New: I spoke with security experts about the "Freedom Phone," touted by prominent conservatives as a secure anti-censorship device.

But the $500 phone looks to be northing more than a cheap Chinese Android known for having serious security issues.

'Freedom Phone' Looks To Be A Cheap And Vulnerbable Chinese Android
Security experts are raising concerns over the "Freedom Phone," a new device touted by conservatives as both secure and censorship-resistant.
dailydot.com
1:06 PM · Jul 15, 2021

https://www.dailydot.com/debug/freedom-phone-security-issues/

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Yet security experts are raising serious questions about the device, noting that the website for the Freedom Phone does not provide any pertinent information regarding its specifications or source code.

Matthew Hickey, co-founder of the cybersecurity firm Hacker House, told the Daily Dot that the Freedom Phone appears to be nothing more than a rebranded Umigami A9 Pro—a Chinese smartphone that costs as little as $119 on AliExpress.

“This device is a drop-shipped customizable Android-based phone,” Hickey said. “They can be bought and shipped in bulk from Asia with custom logos and branding so as to give the appearance of a phone that has been designed for a unique purpose.”

Hickey added that the phone is notorious for its poor security due largely to its use of processors from MediaTek, a Taiwanese company that provides chips for smartphones.

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[LifeLongDemocratic]

1. iPhone 12

I just order a new iPhone 12. My current iPhone 6s plus is 5 years old and still works great but you know how it is. I did not trade it in for security reasons.

[PortTack]

2. Candice Owen is pushing it on twitter....use the utmost caution!!

[Nevilledog]

3. It's a grift.....that's all it is.

They're selling these phones for $500. Tidy profit for this piece of crap.

[Treefrog]

4. "Northing more?" "Vulnerbable?"

Who writes like this?

[hunter]

5. I buy my freedom phones at random gas stations a hundred plus miles from home, cash only.

When they are broke I throw them in the ocean.

Christ, hasn't anyone watched Burn Notice?