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Any experience with SIM7600G-H 4G Dongle? in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] snd@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 6 months ago

Thanks. I already looked at Flare. Even though primary device support has been implemented (https://gitlab.com/schmiddi-on-mobile/flare/-/issues/128), the last time I used it this feature was disabled by default, because the developer strongly advises user not to use it (https://gitlab.com/schmiddi-on-mobile/flare/-/merge_requests/94).

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Any experience with SIM7600G-H 4G Dongle? (discuss.tchncs.de)
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A couple of weeks ago, I stumbled across this little device: https://www.waveshare.com/sim7600g-h-4g-dongle.htm. According to its documentation, it is able to write SMS, provide mobile internet, and allow making phone calls (which is quite rare). Does anyone have any experience with this device? And if yes, does it just work with Linux applications like gnome-calls (I know that this issue https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/calls/-/issues/680 exists, but it is basically inactive)?

My goal would be to replace my phone entirely. Currently, I only need my phone for Signal as a primary device as well as for basic smartphone stuff, such as SMS, mobile internet, and calls.

Guys please in your privacy journey don't forget the routers in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] snd@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It was pretty good. Unfortunately, I had to resell it, because I wasn't able to put my ISP router into bridge mode.

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[–] snd@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 11 months ago

I am trying to reduce my dependency on phones/android since years and try to use Linux (NixOS) for everything and I would say I've been quite successfully. The only application that is holding me back from abandoning phones entirely at this point is Signal, because it requires a primary device and only the official mobile apps are currently suited for this task. Flare looks promising, and the PR has already been merged, but it is not enabled by default due to other issues. For online banking, my bank supports SmartTAN that requires a scanner, but this allows me to do everything via a browser.

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[–] snd@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have to say as someone who uses NixOS I love systemd, because it makes a lot of things very easy. For example hardening services ( systemd-analyze security) or replacing cron (system timer).

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Guys please in your privacy journey don't forget the routers in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] snd@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

I just bought the openwrt one a couple of minutes ago after using networkd+hostapd+nixos as my router for more than 2 years.