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i4bluxon “Startup Robs Every Customer They Have for Thousands of Dollars Overnight”

Calling those who did the Boston Marathon detective work "Reddit" is like calling those who hailed the NZ mosque shooter "4chan".

i4bluxon “Startup Robs Every Customer They Have for Thousands of Dollars Overnight”

The name of a company is not personal information.

i4bluxon Linux-based 4G phones with Google Assistant sold for $7 in Indonesia

Firefox OS was doomed to fail. They created an operating system which used the slowest rendering and JS engine there was and put it in the worst hardware they could find.

i4bluxon Linux-based 4G phones with Google Assistant sold for $7 in Indonesia

If DoD wanted to track people they can just do it by triangulating the cellular signal. No need for a smartphone.

i4bluxon Linux-based 4G phones with Google Assistant sold for $7 in Indonesia

That's the reason Firefox OS was dead in the water. Telcos in Europe promised there would be a version of whatsapp for Firefox OS which never materialised. A mobile without whatsapp might as well be a brick.