<div><br></div>Just poked them on two points:<div><br></div><div>1. We have written a new open-source SMS compressor that is at least as good if not better than the commercial options, and they were asking about compression technologies.</div>
<div>2. I have suggested they remove the phone-home "feature".</div><div><br></div><div>Paul.</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 1:01 AM, Dan Staples <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:danstaples@opentechinstitute.org" target="_blank">danstaples@opentechinstitute.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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I'm throwing this out to the Commotion list to see if anyone has any
familiarity with this project. I just saw it posted on LibTech.
Several of the goals of the project align with goals of Commotion,
especially around our OpenBTS work. It's particularly interesting
that they are focused on making this an accessible tool for general
users, and that it runs on Windows.<br>
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This page mentions a pilot program they did in Uganda using the
software, using SIM cards to discreetly share information:
<a href="https://github.com/abayima/opensimkit" target="_blank">https://github.com/abayima/opensimkit</a><br>
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One thing that does make me hesitate though, is that their
software "phones home" to their servers to let them (and their
funders) know who is using the software and where:
<a href="http://dev.opensimkit.com/index.php/User_Guide" target="_blank">http://dev.opensimkit.com/index.php/User_Guide</a><br>
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Dan<br>
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Hey all,
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<div>Thought I would share our Open SIM Kit (<a href="http://opensimkit.com" target="_blank">http://opensimkit.com</a>)
project with the list. The project aims to be an open source
SDK of sorts for hacking SIM cards. In practice, this allows
users to modify the contents of SIM cards. The goals of the
project:</div>
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<li>To offer a GUI for programing SIMs (instead of doing it
from the command line in C++ and AT);</li>
<li>Storing/sharing information discreetly in scenarios
where other communication might be monitored;</li>
<li>Modifying SIM cards to do things they currently cannot
(special apps, work on ad-hock networks etc.);</li>
<li>Adding apps and other information that isn't provided by
Mobile carriers;</li>
<li>Publishing content ways that can reach populations where
other communications might be scarce and unreliable but
mobile feature phones are not;</li>
<li>Making all this easy enough that non-technical people
(Civil Groups, Activists, Journalists, NGOs etc.) can do
it;</li>
<li>With the ultimate end goal of providing a completely
decentralized means of communicating (instead of through
mobile carriers).</li>
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<div>You can find the code on Github at <a href="http://github.com/abayima/opensimkit" target="_blank">http://github.com/abayima/opensimkit</a>.
We especially invite developers with expertise in machine
programming, compression, and encryption.</div>
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<div>Developer Wiki - <a href="http://dev.opensimkit.com" target="_blank">http://dev.opensimkit.com</a></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
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