[liberationtech] Chromebooks for Risky Situations?

[Ali-Reza Anghaie]

Always Nexus Verizon stock. My alternate ROMs don't travel with me. Verizon
contacted ahead of time per their suggestions. Tethering in US and Canada
fine. UK or elsewhere is no-joy.

I gave up after a while and just carry my wipe'a'router and but use local
WiFi. My advantage being I'm in tent data centers and hotels. I'll give the
activist shuffle a try again next trip. -Ali
 On Feb 6, 2013 3:31 PM, "Brian Conley" <brianc at smallworldnews.tv> wrote:

> What Android OS are you using, Ali?
>
> It's a snap with Google Nexus running 4.0. Perhaps its an OS version or
> carrier-rolled OS that is the problem?
>
> Brian
>
> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 12:26 PM, Ali-Reza Anghaie <ali at packetknife.com>wrote:
>
>> I'm glad people have had luck with tethering their Android phones
>> internationally. I've had absolutely zero - I'll have to give it another
>> run with a locally renter provider I suppose.
>>
>> Anyone try in the UAE recently? Provider, hardware? Egypt? Curious. -Ali
>>  On Feb 6, 2013 3:19 PM, "Griffin Boyce" <griffinboyce at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 1:28 AM, Nathan of Guardian <
>>> nathan at guardianproject.info> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 02/06/2013 01:22 PM, Ali-Reza Anghaie wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > How can projects like Privly play into it? Carrying a Tor Router along
>>>> > with you or building one on-site. None of the operational matters will
>>>> > ever be squarely addressed by one platform but it all can be
>>>> > decision-treed out nicely.
>>>>
>>>> You could also use Orbot with wifi-tether on Android phone. It can
>>>> transparent proxy all the wifi hotspot traffic over Tor.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Using an android phone as a tether seems much more normal and fits the
>>> profile of an international traveler. Carrying a router around might not be
>>> the best option for staying low-profile.
>>>
>>> I like Chrome OS but am addicted to Pidgin with OTR. It's really the
>>> only thing keeping me from trying out a Chromebook. (Even Photoshop is
>>> available 'in the cloud'). If you need to install a few programs locally
>>> but like the overall idea and features, JoliOS looks to be a good option:
>>> http://www.jolicloud.com/jolios
>>>
>>> Somewhat off-topic: I reject the idea that because something isn't right
>>> for Syrians, that it's not useful. There is an incredible spectrum of
>>> threat models to consider. And usability is a factor. It's worth
>>> considering that state-sponsored Windows spyware is a major problem. But
>>> people still use it because the realistic alternative is more difficult to
>>> use (even Ubuntu has a sharp learning curve).
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Griffin Boyce
>>>
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