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Dude the US is supporting Nazis, literally. As well as supporting Uygur separatists via right wing groups. So why should Intel care right?

https://consortiumnews.com/2021/12/23/us-ukraine-refuse-to-c...

Yes the US had (has) a part in separatist movement in China and it spelled disaster.

https://consortiumnews.com/2021/04/08/us-funded-uyghur-activ...

Sure, I avoid both to some extent. What worries me the most though is smart people taking sides based on mostly propaganda and feeding an escalation of a situation already on the brink of a war.

I mean why choose between Chinese authoritarian regime and the US aggressive and destructive foreign policy?

Interestingly, small companies like FairPhone work to improve their suppliers' labor conditions.

Intel of all the companies is in a position to do the same or more. However they choose to whitewash their brand by blaming the chinese government of their lack of care. Their hypocrisy backfired, and they let China win on all counts.

Ironically they ended up helping whitewash the chinese government.

Wasn't it actually the Guardian that published in a book the password to a circulating archive of secret information? It was the Diplomatic Cables if I'm not mistaken.

Talking about responsible disclosure.

No the accusation is conspiring with Chelsea basically for intrusion, but there is no evidence that such happen.

Chelsea was willing and capable of doing it on her own.

There is no evidence of hacking tools used by Assange, or offered by Assange to Chelsea. Unless you consider secure drop hacking. But then many other journalists are hacking too.

And that's the point - to have a chilling effect on the press.

1) there is no point (6) 2) Although the US is trying to accuse Assange of doing so, he did not offer material aid of any sort to Chelsea. She could handle the access issue herself.

Unless you would consider setting up a secure drop box under your imaginary (6).

Get informed about the case.

Any more ideas for Android? I find it more and more complicated to back up my personal data from Android without having to upload everything to Google.

Here: they said they'll be able to ship it with /e/os installed. https://twitter.com/deivei/status/1443579458531692561

I expect /e/OS and LineageOS ROM's will be released soon, around the time they start shipping. They work closely with both. Still Android, but AOSP based.

Edit. confirmed it should be shipped with /e/Os as a choice. https://twitter.com/deivei/status/1443579458531692561

They have a certification for the aluminium sourcing.

Well it's your word against independent certifications and transparency reports. It's on you to show otherwise, unless you just want to troll fairphone.

The smartphone market evolves very quickly, much more so than the laptops, which also have a lot more of wiggle space for components.

That's part of the balance they're trying to strike I believe. They are trying to gather more people around the concept of good enough tech and durability. Agree recycling is not ideal, there is always energy and material loss in the process.

Tech must slow down in my opinion.

Agree with the jack part, although the work around seems ok for me. They work pretty close with /e/ OS and LineageOS, so I expect different ROM's will be available more around the time they start shipping. (it's still in pre sale)

Exactly, the EU has been working on that for a while, I believe some rules have been created recently.

Hope you have Google it in the mean time.

From what they said in the presentation video QA, they will be keeping that promise.

My comment is about the focus being almost 100% on user experience, the fair phone is about much more than that. It's exactly the lack of diversity that was bothering me.

They chose that path because it enabled them to be water proof and still user repairable.

Also, for a less bulky design.

They say they had to ditch the jack in order to have water-proof certification and still be user repairable. Also to avoid having more bulky design.

Yes but, they are. They are supporting fair mining projects and contributing to players that certify fair mineral sourcing. And they're raising awareness in the process.

They're still available at the store I don't get what you're complaining about.

Oh and supporting the Open Source community, empowering users to own their OS.

Disappoint with the HN community reading the comments here. Sure FF is not perfect, but they are actually changing how the industry is working and deserve a lot of support. They are changing how mining is done, how workers are treated and are attempting the change the rules on planned obsolescence. And they are actually getting some advance on all these areas.

It's more expensive most likely because they're not outsourcing environmental and human rights costs. Also, they are not gathering and selling your data unlike many others.

"Frequencies from 100 GHz to 3 THz are promising bands for the next generation of wireless communication systems because of the wide swaths of unused and unexplored spectrum."

"Also, new results that give insights into power efficient beam steering algorithms".

From "Wireless Communications and Applications Above 100 GHz: Opportunities and Challenges for 6G and Beyond"

6G communications is being prepared to use very high frequencies.

Also, plans are to use directed energy, not classical wave like RF.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6G_(network)

If you're curious, this previously released footage is quite detailed.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/27/pentagon-relea...