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Re: anyone using a privacy-protecting cell phone

Two reasons
1 google dislikes privacy
2 technically it looks spammy

On January 26, 2021 6:58:36 p.m. EST, Kevin Szabo <k [ dot ] s [ dot ] szabo [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com> wrote:
>I just found one of the replies to this thread was marked as spam. 
>Dunno
>why
>
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>
>
>On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 9:54 AM James Lockie <bjlockie [ at ] lockie [ dot ] ca>
>wrote:
>
>> $799 USD for the base phoe
>> No wireless AC. :-(
>>
>> On January 23, 2021 00:06:57 "Brenda J. Butler" <bjb [ at ] sourcerer [ dot ] ca>
>wrote:
>>
>> Hello Linux hive-mind -
>>>>
>>>> Anyone out there in Linux-land with experience they are willing to
>share
>>>> using a cell phone with good privacy that doesn't track you?
>>>>
>>>
>>> This request eventually reminded me about the Purism phone:
>>>
>>> https://puri.sm/
>>>
>>> which purports to be a ground-up phone OS designed for privacy.
>>>
>>> I have not bought it but maybe I should.
>>>
>>> I was under the impression that the person who started the
>>> company was in Toronto but they are based in the States now.
>>> But that is a vague memory and may be entirely false.
>>>
>>> They don't have social media icons.  Their web page (front page)
>>> is served from one server (impressive!).  They have a warrant
>>> canary page and two people gpg-sign a message for that page on
>>> a monthly basis.
>>>
>>> Looks legit.
>>>
>>> I'm guessing they are expensive as they are not subsidized
>>> by Big Tech.  Haven't seen prices yet.
>>>
>>> bjb
>>>
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