points by throwaway2037 2 days ago | 0 comments
> Tucked away neatly in Australian law is the concept that a phone that is not iPhone or Android is a criminal device, similar to owning lockpicks. Something like GrapheneOS.
This is untrue. It only took me one simple Google search to find the answer.My query:
> "is it illegal in australia to have a mobile phone that does not use iphone or android?"
Top result: https://privacydevices.net/encrypted-phones-legal-australia/ > Owning, buying, and using an encrypted phone is legal in Australia, and so is installing a different operating system on a device you own.
EDITAlso, dumb phones are certainly not illegal. Plenty of old folks still use them.
[–] ehnto 2 days ago
[–] throwaway2037 2 days ago
[–] ehnto 2 days ago
Anyway, it's probably nothing. Let's ignore it until it becomes an issue.