Jan Wildeboer 😷Jun 7

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.

1/3

#WhatIsMissing #DigitalAutonomy #SecureIdentity

Show threadBørge

@jwildeboer Sounds appealing. But at least here in Norway it's starting to get increasingly hard to live without the one payment app most people use. Of course for most things just bringing your bank card is fine but for example buying things used or from more informal vendors, people who sell home made stuff, etc, the payment app is kinda mandatory.

We also have some local public places you need an app to get in to at certain times of day.

Jun 7 at 2:31pmWeb
Show threadBørgeJun 7
@jwildeboer These "half mandatory" apps will ofc differ from country to country, so not having an app store might be a bit problematic is my point.
Show thread🍋 Superball ☀️Jun 7

@forteller Eek that’s really bad. 😬 They don’t accept cash?

@jwildeboer

Show threadBørgeJun 7
@superball @jwildeboer Well. Yeah, sure, most people would accept cash. But you're unlikely to have it unless you go out of your way and they are unlikely to have cash to give you change
Show threadDaniel SchildtJun 7
@forteller @superball @jwildeboer Smaller towns in Finland no longer have ATMs, so if people want cash, they have to travel tens of kilometres (or more) to other cities to get it. Similar in a lot of other places around the world.
Show thread🍋 Superball ☀️Jun 8

@autiomaa That’s . . . really bad. 😬 Inspires me all the more toward a gift economy.

@forteller @jwildeboer

Show threadFamJun 7
@superball @forteller @jwildeboer can only answer for myself but where I live (city in Northern Europe) it's rare for cash to be accepted anywhere, ever.
Show thread🍋 Superball ☀️Jun 7
@usernomnomnom 😬