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@privacyguides @privacy would really love to ditch my smartphone for a dumb phone. I’m skeptical that my calls would no longer be #E2EE I’ve seen the Punky phone that uses Pigeon for messaging but idk about that price 😅 Any thoughts? #privacy #signal

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Get a Pixel and run Graphene OS. Use Signal or similar for talk and text. That is better than a dumb phone

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You won't get much privacy from a dumbphone.

I had the Punkt. and sold it. Things might be better now, but Signal had delays...up to 2 hours sometimes to receive a message.

KaiOS probably shares data (no proof or sources for this, just guessing). That is a large chunk of the available phones, depending on where you live.

[–] vivia 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Get a Pinephone, or a Fairphone with Ubuntu. More privacy and more features than dumb phones.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can put Ubuntu on a fair phone?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@aba11 @privacyguides @privacy I know Pidgon is KDE Gear’s chat client (or GNOME World’s, I can’t remember), but which protocols does it support?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Pigeon is a fork of Signal only available on Punkt. devices https://github.com/Punkt-Tronics-AG/Pigeon

not to be confused with Pidgin Messenger https://pidgin.im/