ZeroPhone: The Raspberry Pi is a single-board computer costing (from) 35 dollars, about the size of a credit card. Connect a keyboard, TV or DVI / HDMI monitor and an SD card with a supported Linux installed or even a FreeBSD now and you have a small computer, all ready to go to work or for camping since it can even be powered by fire. It is no coincidence that it was also declared one of the top five Linux projects for 2012.
Out of it Raspberry Pi Zero is considered to be one of the most accessible and useful innovations in the computer industry. It has helped children learn programming. It's what gave developers the ability to develop, at a low cost, powerful DIY projects (DIY = do-it-yourself = do it yourself). You can really make incredible creations with a Raspberry Pi and not unfairly become a real success among of technology supporters around the world.
One of these creations is also the "smart" ZeroPhone phone that is listed in the Hackaday.
It is Open Source - and therefore very cheap - and is powered by the Raspberry Pi Zero. It runs Linux and you can make one yourself, with its components costing just $ 50. The accessories can also be found at eBay and to Amazon.
Why ZeroPhone?
Because it has everything you need from a smartphone, and it runs Linux.
Can you do calls, send, SMS and run apps while being free of apps that compromise your security.
Note that you can also write applications for this phone.
At its strong points that it is also pentesting - that is, it does a security check for any weak points of the system.
Soon, crowdfunding is expected (phonetics from the crowd) of the phone. [Crowdfunding is a new form of financing, operated by 2009 in the United States and in countries in Europe, which has partly changed the terms of economic play across the globe since the creators manage to make their idea in practice to the small investments of thousands of Internet users. The creator of the project receives the donation money after the end of the specified date, usually 30 days.]
Specifications
The ZeroPhone, as we said, is built using a Raspberry Pi Zero. Special care has been taken so that you can choose its components and assemble it yourself. For this very reason, to make it easy to assemble it yourself by simply buying its parts, there are no proprietary terminals / plugs (connectors), nor is it difficult to find the parts and solder them.
You can also connect a numeric keypad, 128 × 64 OLED display, 2G modem, WiFi, GPIO extension header, etc. on the phone.
Python programming language is used to develop applications.
The operating system used is the Raspbian Linux distribution, based on Debian Jessie.
The ZeroPhone does not lack any features, since as a smartphone it has WiFi, it can of course be used for calls and SMS and in general it has all the basic applications and functions such as alarm clock, calendar, phone book, file search engine, web browser (browser) and music player (music player). Since it is essentially a Linux computer, you can run all the applications that are compatible with ARM core devices. And yes, you can also use Secure Shell (the safe network protocol το οποίο όχι μόνο κρυπτογραφεί τα data exchanged during the session, but offers a secure identification system as well as other features such as secure file transfer -SSH File Transfer Protocol, SFTP etc).
The ZeroPhone manufacturer writes that you can also use it for pentesting (security checks) and experimenting.
DIY · do it yourself
The components used to build ZeroPhone are:
- Raspberry Pi Zero
- SIM800 modules
- ESP8266-12E for WiFi
- 2-layer PCBs
- ATMega328P
- LCD screen
- Battery
- Battery charger TP4056
- Buttons for the keyboard
- 2.54 headers
Information on how to assemble and even make your own "smart" ZeroPhone phone, you can see here.
https://openhardware.ellak.gr/2017/01/30/zerophone-to-pamfthino-open-source-smartphone-pou-trechi-linux/
