Free the phone!

"Forty years ago, when the FSF was founded, our focus was on providing an operating system people could use on desktop and server computers in freedom. Times have changed, technology has progressed, but our commitment to freedom hasn't," said Zoë Kooyman, executive director of the FSF. "A lot of work has been done in mobile phone freedom over the years that we'll be building on. The FSF is now ready to do what is necessary to bring freedom to cell phone users. Given the complexity of the devices, this work will take time, but we're used to playing the long game."

FSF campaigns manager Greg Farough stated: "Given the FSF's position in the field of technological ethics, people have been waiting for us to say something on this topic. Up to this point we've been studying it thoroughly with an internal working group that has been researching the technical and philosophical aspects of so-called AI. Participating in the consortium is one way we plan to be more vocal about the conclusions we've made so far."

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