I have an old android s3 mini and not using it for anything feels like a waste
You could install postmarketOS on it and use it to run Pi-hole
Damn, I don’t think my phone is supported by postmarket. The galaxy s3 is, but the s3 mini is not listed.
I think the features you’d need for Pi-hole should work: https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_III_mini_(samsung-golden)
Ooh, thanks!
Wait, I have the gt i8200n
The features are the same, so it should still work, right?
That one uses a different SoC, so it has a different wiki page: https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_SIII_mini_Value_Edition_(samsung-i8200)
it says that audio doesn’t work, does that mean it won’t have sound? do you know if i can still instal Termux on a postmarketos phone?
I think that means that the built-in speakers and microphone won’t work, but a USB DAC with external speakers and Bluetooth audio devices might work.
You can’t install Termux but you don’t need to - postmarketOS already is a Linux distro, so you can do anything you could do with Termux
Ah, I see. Thanks!
Lots of projects… you can use it as a gps module, security camera, root it and use it and run kali nethunter on it, etc.
I use my nexus 5X I bought off of ebay for nethunter and my other androids I use as a spare smartphone I use for a smaller kit.
I have an old Moto X4 that has done duty as an octoprint server, and now works as the screen for my camera drone.
Could you explain what piratebox exactly is? I don’t really understand it
Strangers can connect to your piratebox and download whatever files (not neccessarily pirated) you put on it. Movies, music, books etc.
A piratebox has no internet connection and in order to browse it one has to connect directly to it’s network. Think about your favourite bar or your toilet at work having a network with no internet access, that let’s you browse fresh warez every time you visit.
I think you can even grant upload rights and make it a public dead mailbox for warez.Piratebox is discontinued so it won’t get any new updates, but there are a bunch of other projects you can do like setup a file server and share it with an open ap. Just make sure to secure the pi itself and whatnot.
What a shame
To be honest, i read about it a long time ago, but haven’t used the software, just liked the concept because it’s so seductively simple: random anonymous device, no internet connection, no isp, no trouble. Perfect deniability.
Only lower level: switching drives 😂Well… I think it is discontinued but there are mix things. Maintaining projects is just difficult. It is a nice software.
what? that’s insane. and i can look at everything others have in their piratebox? but how do i connect to the network without wifi?
No internet, just local wifi network. Pirateboxes aren’t meshed.
