[Freedombox-discuss] Why plug servers and not smart phones?

[Robert Martinez]

On 13/07/13 08:40, Dan Ballance wrote:
>
> Hi guys,
>
> Can anyone explain to me why the Freedombox project is targeting plug
> servers on home networks instead of smart devices in our pockets?
>
>

Hi there!

There is probably lots of other stuff and more detailed thoughts around
this interesting question, yet here is what comes to my mind:

* Any service running on your mobile is extremely unreliable (think of
poor connectivity at some times and the constant need for recharging)

* truly free android "clients" are awesome (like replicant /
cyanogenmod) but FreedomBox should be the server behind the services you
use. Because servers are where the main surveillance infrastructure lies.

* any mobile phone is - by nature - a tracking device.