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Credit cards and contactless payments alike are a far bigger form of control than phone OSes. Bank, government, and advertisers watching your purchases, buildin
by hot_gril 3y ago
Credit cards and contactless payments alike are a far bigger form of control than phone OSes. Bank, government, and advertisers watching your purchases, building a profile, taking their cut, and banning any buyers/sellers they want. In real life, not just digital. If I were worried enough about control to use a FOSS phone, I'd for sure be paying with cash too. But I'm not.
Also, cell carrier will be tracking your location and giving that info out. Not sure if that can be avoided, but maybe a prepaid plan helps anonymize it.
- fsflover 3y agoThis underestimates the freedom you get with such a phone by a lot. It's not just about tracking but also about being able to run what you want how you want it and having full access to your device like with a desktop: https://forums.puri.sm/t/librem-5-daily-driven-in-professional-use-success/22303 https://forums.puri.sm/t/librem-5-daily-driven-in-profession...
- hot_gril 3y agoI have a desktop and am familiar with what it offers. Run arbitrary code on it, and modify the hardware if I really want. I used a jailbroken iPhone for years, which is just the software part.