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Re:Google employees are listening to Google Home conversations by inflatableDodo on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @07:35PM (#20407704)
>Before I go further: do you own a smartphone?

Someone really needs to make a decent modular smartphone with a detachable radio.

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Re:Google employees are listening to Google Home conversations by meruru on Thursday July 11, 2019 @12:08AM (#20409041)
The Librem 5 has a kill switch for the radio: https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/
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Re:Google employees are listening to Google Home conversations by inflatableDodo on Thursday July 11, 2019 @01:26AM (#20409334)
Oooh, a Debian derivative smartphone. I been wanting one of these to reappear in the wild ever since having a play with a Nokia N900.
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Re:Google employees are listening to Google Home conversations by jakeogh on Friday July 12, 2019 @04:03AM (#20419081)
Does the radio have DMA?
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Re:Google employees are listening to Google Home conversations by jakeogh on Friday July 12, 2019 @02:14PM (#20422996)
nope! awesome.
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Re:Google employees are listening to Google Home conversations by ilikepi on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @07:58PM (#20407838)
It's not quite what you're asking for, but Apple does still sell the iPod Touch, and they recently revved it. One could pair that with a mobile hotspot with a power button...
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Re:Google employees are listening to Google Home conversations by inflatableDodo on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @08:01PM (#20407856)
I have been considering a battery powered raspberry pi with a usb hotspot and a virtual phone number.
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Re:Google employees are listening to Google Home conversations by jolmg on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @08:03PM (#20407876)
I guess it makes sense to detach the radio if you're not using your phone to receive calls...
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Re:Google employees are listening to Google Home conversations by marmaduke on Thursday July 11, 2019 @01:52AM (#20409437)
Do you mean the part where you can pull the Sim card out of the phone and reinsert it when you need to make a call?
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Re:Google employees are listening to Google Home conversations by askvictor on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @08:13PM (#20407931)
Pull out the SIM card? I guess once eSIMs catch on, this won't be an option.
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