For "normie" protestors who doesn't have the budget to get new gadgets, is Airplane Mode enough? (So to just use their phone as a Camera/Camcorder and Offline Maps for navigation) (sh.itjust.works)

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I doubt its even environmentally/economically sustainable for a whole crowd of millions to just buy burners to discard after every protest. Too much ewaste. Is there a strategy that everyone can use without generating too much ewaste?

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[-] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Depending on what that means

It means they can find out where it was purchased and by whom.

Just a regular old midrange smartphone. E.g. the original Samsung Galaxy A-series.

Still runs Android.

Some of them will, sure

All of them. Again, this is required by Android ToS.

Google is not available in China

Are we talking about China? If you live in China your cell phone is the least of your concerns. They don't need it.

[-] balsoft@lemmy.ml 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

It means they can find out where it was purchased and by whom.

How? Do the e-waste centers keep track of the shit you take from there? Not where I live, they can sometimes give you stuff for free. Or you can just pick it up on ebay/craigslist/garage sale, that works too. Good luck tracking that.

All of them. Again, this is required by Android ToS.

I strongly doubt that because on my two last phones (OnePlus 5 & POCO M5) I didn't have to log in to a Google account with the default ROM, there was an obvious "Skip" button in the lower left corner when prompted to log in. Can you point me towards that ToS or a screenshot of an unskippable "Sign in to Google" screen on a consumer smartphone?

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