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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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@privacyguides @privacy would really love to ditch my smartphone for a dumb phone. I’m skeptical that my calls would no l (birdon.social)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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@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

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

While that is true, someone who is privacy conscious and is even going to the point of considering ditching a smart phone, probably knows better not to install privacy invasive applications and use secure end to end encrypted communication as much as possible

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 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.