submitted 2 months ago by praxis_jack@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I've been interested in switching over to a phone that isn't a gold mine of my data for random companies etc. I've seen stuff for calyx, fair phone, graphene, and Linux phones. I'm curious as to how I would go about switching over. As of right now I use Android and mostly message through signal unless it's for work and I'm unfortunately on Verizon. Which privacy first smartphones would people recommend for US users and how does it work putting it on a network? Do they go on the regular networks like at&t, sprint, Verizon etc? Or do they have their own or privacy first networks? Sorry if these are dumb questions I'm just interested in switching and figured this would be a good place to find info.

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[-] stink@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 months ago

GrapheneOS was my daily driver for a little over two weeks. You can buy a used pixel 7 for ~$200. I liked it a lot

[-] Mynameisallen@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago

Why only two weeks?

[-] stink@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 months ago

Was traveling abroad and didn't want to take my personal phone (border control on the way back).

My family and friends are too locked into the iOS ecosystem sadly

[-] Mynameisallen@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago

OK OK, yeah fair enough, my largest hope for WWDC tomorrow is e2e RCS encryption

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