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I would love a feature phone with Facebook Messenger, rudimentary Google Maps, and no other features. Honestly, if there's one that works I'd buy it tonight.

ReverseCold 9y ago
If your feature phone has FB messenger then it (probably) isn't more private than a regular smart phone.
conception 9y ago
https://www.engadget.com/2018/02/25/nokia-8110-reloaded-hands-on/ https://www.engadget.com/2018/02/25/nokia-8110-reloaded-hand... Might be something to watch. feature phones are making a bit of a comeback.
- bokchoi 9y ago
  And for Sailfish as well: https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/26/sailfish-v3-sets-its-sights-on-4g-feature-phones/ https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/26/sailfish-v3-sets-its-sight...
st26 9y ago
I keep looking for a smartphone in a feature phone's body. I don't care about a big screen or zippy processor. But there's all those handy little apps on Android that I'd have no replacement for.
bornonline1 9y ago
There is nothing stopping you from using only these three options now. Your problems are in your head.
- carlmr 9y ago
  You're basically telling an alcoholic to just have a little alcohol.
mrweasel 9y ago
Google Authenticator is the only app I actually need, it's required to authenticate for a whole bunch of services at work. My employer paid my iPhone, and future upgrades, so it's their call, but I'd be just as happy with something like Nokia 104. Assuming that I could get an Google Authenticator app for it, my employer could save $1000+ every 18 to 24 month.
- erfgh 9y ago
  You can write a Google Authenticator script that works on your PC you know. It's about 20 lines of code. Also there are many freeware apps available for PCs.
  - lorenzhs 9y ago
    Or you could use a Yubikey to store the secrets, and https://github.com/Yubico/yubioath-desktop https://github.com/Yubico/yubioath-desktop on your desktop. That way you would still have a portable second factor, and it would be very very hard to extract the secrets.
- waldfee 9y ago
  you could replace google authenticator with a yubikey
yread 9y ago
There is always Windows Phone ducks

ReverseCold 9y ago

If your feature phone has FB messenger then it (probably) isn't more private than a regular smart phone.

conception 9y ago

https://www.engadget.com/2018/02/25/nokia-8110-reloaded-hands-on/ https://www.engadget.com/2018/02/25/nokia-8110-reloaded-hand... Might be something to watch. feature phones are making a bit of a comeback.

bokchoi 9y ago
And for Sailfish as well: https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/26/sailfish-v3-sets-its-sights-on-4g-feature-phones/ https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/26/sailfish-v3-sets-its-sight...

st26 9y ago

I keep looking for a smartphone in a feature phone's body. I don't care about a big screen or zippy processor. But there's all those handy little apps on Android that I'd have no replacement for.

bornonline1 9y ago

There is nothing stopping you from using only these three options now. Your problems are in your head.

carlmr 9y ago
You're basically telling an alcoholic to just have a little alcohol.

mrweasel 9y ago

Google Authenticator is the only app I actually need, it's required to authenticate for a whole bunch of services at work. My employer paid my iPhone, and future upgrades, so it's their call, but I'd be just as happy with something like Nokia 104. Assuming that I could get an Google Authenticator app for it, my employer could save $1000+ every 18 to 24 month.

erfgh 9y ago
You can write a Google Authenticator script that works on your PC you know. It's about 20 lines of code. Also there are many freeware apps available for PCs.
- lorenzhs 9y ago
  Or you could use a Yubikey to store the secrets, and https://github.com/Yubico/yubioath-desktop https://github.com/Yubico/yubioath-desktop on your desktop. That way you would still have a portable second factor, and it would be very very hard to extract the secrets.
waldfee 9y ago
you could replace google authenticator with a yubikey

yread 9y ago

There is always Windows Phone ducks