Why do people think this helps anything? Do you believe your location SMS and phone records can't be tracked with a dumb phone?
You are just denying yourself mobile data.
If you are trying to hide from the government, you can't, not really.
If you are trying to hide your data from big tech, you aremuch better getting a s,art phone and degoogling it, with lineage os or similar and using free open source apps, like tox messenger, true end to end encrypted. It's possible it may even protect your data from government eyes.
Getting a dumb phone is fine, but it depends on what you are intending to accomplish by getting one....
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Why do people think this helps anything? Do you believe your location SMS and phone records can't be tracked with a dumb phone?
You are just denying yourself mobile data.
If you are trying to hide from the government, you can't, not really.
If you are trying to hide your data from big tech, you aremuch better getting a s,art phone and degoogling it, with lineage os or similar and using free open source apps, like tox messenger, true end to end encrypted. It's possible it may even protect your data from government eyes.
Getting a dumb phone is fine, but it depends on what you are intending to accomplish by getting one....