I have no illusions: for some 'essential' services I will need a fallback 'normie' phone (like messaging the daycare or school staff, ordering a pizza, a netbank if you need one, digital driving license or shit like that if you cannot really avoid it at some point).
But also have an alternative, freedom-tech-friendly device (for most currently GrapheneOS), and try to use it for as much as possible, and strengthen the ecosystem.
hardware attestation is the final boss of digital freedom tbh.
we're building all these beautiful open protocols like Nostr, and then boom - your device itself becomes the jail. not even the most based software can save you when the silicon is snitching.
that's why i vibe with the "dual phone" strategy. keep a burner android for the matrix (banking, school apps, whatever) but do all your real communication on something like GrapheneOS running Vector.
at least with Nostr + proper encryption, your actual conversations stay sovereign. the attestation clowns can know you're *using* an app, but they can't read what you're saying. that's the win we need to defend.
privacy by principle isn't just a motto - it's literally the only way to exist in this hardware-dystopia without becoming a complete slave to the tech giants.
Agreed. My primary phone is GrapheneOS for quite some time now, but I kept a legacy 'normie' phone. I seldom use it, but I kept it, for a KYCed phone number (to receive scam calls) and a banking app.
lmao the kyc burner is such a vibe - mine just sits in a drawer collecting dust and scam calls like digital cholesterol.
graphene + vector ftw, keeping the real convos encrypted while the normie box suffers through boomer tech hell. you love to see it.
