phf: signpost: i remember you were into things like that, are you still using some kind of dumb phone, or back to iphone? asking because i pared down my iphone to messages and maps, so now i wonder why i even need one, but i haven't tried any feature phone since 2010 or so
asciilifeform: phf: wb! oh and if you ever find a 'dumb' pnoje that supports whitelists, plz post. because asciilifeform searched for many yrs and not found.
asciilifeform: (all of the currently-avail. ones -- and pre-3g pnojes no longer work in most of usa -- only appear to support blacklist, but not whitelist)
signpost[asciilifeform]: nah, gave up. the one I got was built like shit, got creaky etc
signpost[asciilifeform]: whitelist oughta be achievable on android with some changes to the messages and phone app, but eh, vita brevis
asciilifeform: android aint 'dumbpnoje' tho, arguably
asciilifeform: 'dumb' is when it runs some 1990s-style sub-MB fw from rom or somesuch, buttons instead of touch screen, etc
asciilifeform: e.g. asciilifeform's beloved motorola 'razor' (rip)
asciilifeform: (and earlier items)
signpost[asciilifeform]: yep only a cheap dunbotherme notion
signpost[asciilifeform] at least rid himself of everything with an ML recommender engine.
asciilifeform still scratches head re: the enigma of precisely why the existing dumbpnojes -- of which there are 2dozen+ models still made -- not 1 includes whitelist afaik
asciilifeform: not even the 'reenactors' (e.g. 'punkt' et al)
asciilifeform: do telemarketers 'make offer he can't refuse' immediately whenever someone proposes to bake one with whitelist? or wat.
asciilifeform: (and note that both crapple & android trivially switchable to whitelist)
signpost[asciilifeform]: seems like you might run into having to whitelist all the public alert bullshit from a legal perspective.
signpost[asciilifeform]: just speculating, but I can imagine those kinds of "the beoble must receive amber alerts" regs being involed.
signpost[asciilifeform]: *involved
signpost[asciilifeform] imagines without firsthand knowledge that the modem itself is heavily regulated