@privacyguides @privacy would really love to ditch my smartphone for a dumb phone. I’m skeptical that my calls would no longer be #E2EE I’ve seen the Punky phone that uses Pigeon for messaging but idk about that price 😅 Any thoughts? #privacy #signal

    • merde alorsEnglish
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      1 year ago

      we now know that third parties can install whatever app they want on your "smart"phone without even putting their hands on it.

      They’re not comparable to the dumbPhones that don’t even have gps on them. Probably your service provider can still track you through towers (or the van parked there behind you can listen to your conversations) but without their cooperation nobody else can.

      Doesn’t it also opt you out of the consumerist market by default. Compared to an iPhone user, you’re not an interesting ad target.

      with a dumbPhone you’re not participating actively to data collection. Yes, there are still traces, but they’re not collected in your pocket in an accessible format.