Agreed. There is no freedom tech. There is technology and there is ways to use such technology in the service of freedom. All of these technological devices and services can be used to enable and empower freedom seekers and maintainers.
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Seems like they provide a lot of freedom.
How many VPN, TOR, LN, and Bitcoin nodes are run on Raspis? How many people have cut their Linux teeth on a Pi? They made cheap computing accessible to the whole world.
I'm experimenting with start9 on a Pi, and I've been running my own private Nostr relay, getting bitcoin set up, and hosting my own file server. I wouldn't have been able to do that otherwise.
I'm no expert on wallets, but it seems like the consensus is Coldcard is super secure. Getting hung up on not being 100% open hardware seems a little picky. Perfection is the enemy of good.
Is the world less or more free with these two devices?