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Re:US cell carriers are selling access to real-time phone lo... by xyzzy_plugh on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @12:10PM (#17083509)
Even a RPI won't help you unless you can build all of the software for the microprocessors which drive the wireless stack. Even then, vendors (e.g. Qualcomm) will already have their software on the chip when you get it.

A completely open spec, open source set of components is what the community has desired for a long time. As standards get more complex and evolve faster, 4G and beyond, it becomes less possible to keep up in the open.

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Re:US cell carriers are selling access to real-time phone lo... by vertexFarm on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @02:45PM (#17085241)
True, but at least you'd have somewhat more granular control and be able to do things like put a hardware switch on the transceiver. Crude, but it would at least work for when you're not actively using it.

I guess that's no different than a faraday pouch though.

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