I'm on the younger side, and I tried "no smartphone" for privacy and peace. I activated an old phone we had in the house. Result: I liked it, but it wasn't compatible with the modern age. It didn't have internet (which did not bother me), but it also didn't send/receive picture texts. You don't realize how dominant that form of text has become until you get multiple "cannot process text message" notices.
SO, I compromised. I bought a cheap smartphone - and made it dumb. I removed the internet from it. I never activated bluetooth. In addition, the phone has a removable battery.
I figure that it is sort of secure - because it doesn't have my internet search history. In addition, I can always remove the battery when I want to be extra safe.
I do try to keep it in a Faraday Bag where possible.
You can probably get VPN on your phone, and use a tor browser too.
That way pinging the phone off the cell tower tells prying eyes nothing but "person is using encrypted tunnel" If inside that tunnel you're using tor and they happen to crack the encrypted VPN tunnel, that's an extra layer of difficulty for them to breach (tor).
That defeats the purpose of having a phone for emergency.
I had alternator blow out 4 times in 6 weeks because mechanics failed to diagnose the broken cooling pump.
What the hell would I do without my phone?
Faraday Bag works great. Also, some phones still have removable batteries
Right. Do you do that, though? And the other guy vouching for leaving with no phone at all just seems silly.
I'm on the younger side, and I tried "no smartphone" for privacy and peace. I activated an old phone we had in the house. Result: I liked it, but it wasn't compatible with the modern age. It didn't have internet (which did not bother me), but it also didn't send/receive picture texts. You don't realize how dominant that form of text has become until you get multiple "cannot process text message" notices.
SO, I compromised. I bought a cheap smartphone - and made it dumb. I removed the internet from it. I never activated bluetooth. In addition, the phone has a removable battery.
I figure that it is sort of secure - because it doesn't have my internet search history. In addition, I can always remove the battery when I want to be extra safe. I do try to keep it in a Faraday Bag where possible.
You can always de-google an android phone as well from what I read.
Use your phone = get tracked.
Don't want to get tracked = don't use your phone.
It's simple.
You can probably get VPN on your phone, and use a tor browser too.
That way pinging the phone off the cell tower tells prying eyes nothing but "person is using encrypted tunnel" If inside that tunnel you're using tor and they happen to crack the encrypted VPN tunnel, that's an extra layer of difficulty for them to breach (tor).
If you only use it at home, what's the purpose of a mobile phone?
small sacrifices to protect yourself.