A mobile phone with open hardware and a linux based open source operating system but locked down to run only 3 services:
1. Phone
2. Identity attestation (passwords, passkey, TOTP, verifiable attestations/credentials on the device, all backed by an open hardware Secure Enclave)
3. Browser
Camera optional. No App Store. Minimal (encrypted) local storage, but that’s it.
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This could be developed fast. Produced cheap. And compete fast with the Apple/Google duopoly. Instead of trying to compete by trying to recreate their walled garden approach. Could also have NFC for payment, acces badge functions etc. Like a Yubi/Nitrokey but with screen and phone function.True personal Identity ownership as basis for an ecosystem is the future. Decentralised, with a collection of verifiable attestations under YOUR control.
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Dear @EUCommission @NGIZero there’s a billion € market you can create, foster, advance. For free. Happy to explain more details. I’ve been working on this approach since around 20 years. Open standards, open source at the core. Market on top. Giving everyone inalienable ownership of their identity. Or, as I call it — TCP/ID :) The next big thing and a better EUDI [1]
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@jwildeboer “we”? I tried a Nokia with too many too small buttons while testing some functionality for a few days and never looked back. 😉
I vastly prefer a glass plate to small fiddly buttons. But maybe I was sure more to the superior UI of Apple at the time (iPod Touch and iPhone 3G)
@bix @jwildeboer For me, the SonyEricsson P1 was peak phone text input. It had a *weird* keyboard, where every button was actually 2 buttons: a left and right side. With 5 buttons per row, you had 10 letters. But that meant having a QWERTY keyboard with mechanical feedback on a small device, but with a large striking surface. In practice, you'd hit the keys at 1/3 or 2/3 of the width and push them slightly to the side.
It's hard to tell from the photo, but the keys had a cylindrical indent, which made it even easier to use.
@jwildeboer i like this idea. i've been an android user for years (official google version), and recently i tried the fairphone with the e/os operating system. it's been an interesting "step down" from the experience of google android, but it's also helping me focus my use. it feels like a step in the direction you are talking about.
the identity part would be a nice area to see improvements, the wallet integration does not seem great with e/os so far.
fwiw - i have yet to run into a limitation with grapheneos
@jwildeboer The Danish Agency for Digital Government has developed something like this, which is called AltID:
Jan Wildeboer 😷
L'égrégore André ꕭꕬ
Andreas Sikkema
Whreq Jnnyobre
Quixoticgeek
Raffzahn
Krist van Besien
John Faithfull 🌍🇪🇺🏴🧡✊🏻✊🏿
Michael McCune ☮️
Walt Baldwin
ermo | Rune Morling