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[David Marceau <uticdmarceau2007@xxxxxxxx>]

Ubuntu-Phone and any other GNU/Linux phone should be all about
digital-freedoms, NOT digital-constraints.  The Ubuntu Phone will be
about YOU, about do-it-yourself(DIY).  Purist DIGITAL-FREEDOM hardware
buyers WILL BUY a phone where you can install/change whatever you want
whenever you want.

It's ok to install anti-theft software, but the idea of having some
hardware/software within the infrastructure where the user has no
control over it, does not sit well with me.  That is not the kind of
phone that I want.

Purist DIGITAL-FREEDOM hardware buyers WON'T ACCEPT and WON'T BUY a
phone where you can change some of phone stuff, some of the time, except
for this-and-that phone-feature which you can never touch.

Thank you for listening.

On 04/23/2014 11:33 AM, Daniel Holm wrote:
> I've started developing what I'd like to became this kind of app. As soon
> as I got some more code in there I'll push it to a launchpad project and
> I'd be happy if more people would join in.
> 
> I also think we need some help from the core devs since this app has to
> have some kind of running background service and should not be able to be
> easily installed, as previously stated.
> 
> Vänlig hälsning / Yours sincerely,
>    Daniel Holm
>    IT Consultant
>    Web Developer
>    Student, Political Science
>    d.holmen@xxxxxxxxx
>    http://www.danielholm.se
> Den 23 apr 2014 09:29 skrev "Jodie Robinson" <jodiematthewrobinson@xxxxxxxxx
>> :
> 
>> Hi.
>>
>> Sorry I'm a bit late for the party.
>>
>> I agree that it would be nice to have some sort of optional tracking
>> system installed to the phone by default.
>> I would say that the backend service should be open source so
>> one/businesses could create their own Roms to connect to their own servers.
>>
>> What I'd prefer to blocking the device is to be able to track it and maybe
>> take screenshots/photos like Prey can, even after one erases the phone.
>> maybe a remote wipe is also a good idea. This would be a backdoor, but it
>> would be able to track a device without a thief knowing anything about it
>> (save for data usage).
>>
>> Regards
>> Jodie
>>
> 
> 
>