Replicant

Hello David,

I have just started looking around at replicant like you. So I am sorry, my answer may not be very accurate.

David Merk wrote:

I'm particularly interested in modem/SoC backdoors and the charts don't seem to specify that. Or do you just not develop for shady platforms at all?

Reading some other posts this issue seems to be a show stopper for the replicant project. (Which would mean your aim is included by default at some point.)
Please have a look to this thread for example:
http://redmine.replicant.us/boards/27/topics/6927

However it's not clear as a casual observer which setup has the highest software compatibility and security, or the best ratio of the 2.

Having the same question in mind I (currently) focus on the Galaxy S3 as the newest well supported phone.
The S2 could be a better choice in respect of compatibility, I guess, because it is more popular and just somehow aged. But at least S3 seems to have a similar SoC (taking the name and version number into account :).

Do you have any new aspects/ideas?

Regards,
doak

doak complex wrote:

Having the same question in mind I (currently) focus on the Galaxy S3 as the newest well supported phone.

Having said this the LTE version (2GB of RAM and therefore my favorite) seems not to be a good choice:
http://redmine.replicant.us/boards/27/topics/2175

Although this information is already one year old I think it still holds ... ;(

Regards,
doak

Haha, just have a look here under "Choosing the best Replicant-supported device":
http://www.replicant.us/freedom-privacy-security-issues.php#recommendations

Regards,
doak