I do not believe he is dead. 🙏 what a character! Also, my immediate goal is to expunge myself from the iPhone.
Remember when that fabulous patriot with the blond hair was shaming Lindsay Graham at the airport to audit the vote after Jan 6? Everyone was in cahoots about his flip phone. Also, Blackberry went obsolete when “they” figured out a way to spy on us. We already know all this, yet still, it’s so gross and pitiful as I type these words from my iPhone.
Android is the only alternative and that's a Google product. I think when the SHTF I'll just put my Android under a wheel when I roll out to the rally point.
There are android forks that google doesn't control but if your phone uses Samsung chips such as the Pixel you're fucked anyway. In other words, it doesn't matter if the OS is not compromised when the hardware is. After you did all that you can still install the wrong app and get screwed. Just avoid all that mess and get a dumb phone instead.
The security problems posed by smartphones are obvious and it's so tempting to just ditch it for a dumb phone (or no phone) as you say. Difficulty is that everyone has some must-have application on which they depend. For me it's Google Maps I absolutely need it to get around. If you're in a foreign city and you can't speak the language then Maps will tell you exactly where to find the correct bus or train and show you the route.
I do not believe he is dead. 🙏 what a character! Also, my immediate goal is to expunge myself from the iPhone.
Remember when that fabulous patriot with the blond hair was shaming Lindsay Graham at the airport to audit the vote after Jan 6? Everyone was in cahoots about his flip phone. Also, Blackberry went obsolete when “they” figured out a way to spy on us. We already know all this, yet still, it’s so gross and pitiful as I type these words from my iPhone.
Android is the only alternative and that's a Google product. I think when the SHTF I'll just put my Android under a wheel when I roll out to the rally point.
There are android forks that google doesn't control but if your phone uses Samsung chips such as the Pixel you're fucked anyway. In other words, it doesn't matter if the OS is not compromised when the hardware is. After you did all that you can still install the wrong app and get screwed. Just avoid all that mess and get a dumb phone instead.
The security problems posed by smartphones are obvious and it's so tempting to just ditch it for a dumb phone (or no phone) as you say. Difficulty is that everyone has some must-have application on which they depend. For me it's Google Maps I absolutely need it to get around. If you're in a foreign city and you can't speak the language then Maps will tell you exactly where to find the correct bus or train and show you the route.