Related: Has anyone here used Pretty Good Phone Privacy (PGPP)?
this post was submitted on 26 Aug 2025
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I've always wanted to try one of these.
yeah i can see this kinda thing becoming the resistance by the looks of it. i'm already wondering to myself if it could be practical to use something like this with postmarket or aosp.
i wonder if i could make it thinner and more ergonomic if i desoldered unused io.
What about a Murena phone such as the Fairphone 6 ? Is /e/os impacted?
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I'm not gonna go looking for it or share it, but I am here using my Librem 5 and kinda feeling like that kid in the meme hitting a bong in the background while people in the foreground fight.
How much does the Librem 5 satisfy what you want out of a daily driver phone?
I am satisfied with it. Calls/SMS/MMS all work fine. Internet and the few apps I use work fine.
I will admit though that many (most?) others might not agree. Banking apps, GPS navigation, these are things I don't care about.
I have gripes with the L5 but I am never, ever going back. My next phone will probably be Purism's next phone, if they have one.
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There's no hope for privacy at all as long as American and the 5 eyes exist.
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I hope so. But I'm gonna be real grumpy about it when I can't tap to pay for shit anymore because all of the standardized payment apps will only work on signed Google and Apple devices.
I thought tap to pay was already restricted like that
It is, but I'm fine with using stock Samsung in exchange for near complete control of my own device. They take away side loading and I'm out of here.
I'm afraid not.
This is America. We don’t do privacy and consumer rights. You will freely give all your data to a tech company where you are the product up for sale.
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The EU. That's where my hope lies.
That was then, now they are very pro FANGS and removing all barriers because they are afraid of tariffs and want the US to keep selling them weapons for Ukraine.
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Yes. As long as GrapheneOS still exists there is at least some hope. The sad thing is even before this outside of GrapheneOS there really isn't any other "ROM" actually focused on privacy.
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I'll be going with Fairphone 6 + /e/os as my next phone most likely. Seems like a very decent path forward.
No, not really I suppose