Google Gives Feds 1,500 Phone Locations in Unprecedented ‘Geofence’ Search

Re:Google Gives Feds 1,500 Phone Locations in Unprecedented ... by gibspaulding on Thursday December 12, 2019 @02:47PM (#21775587)

I admit I haven't tried going this route, but Ting seems to still have at least one they support that you can buy off of their website:

https://ting.com/shop/alcatel-go-flip_Black-4GB-refurbished-...

I guess from the description that it does have some internet capabilities, but I would assume they can be disabled.

Another option if you're just trying to get away from Google/Apple would be an Android phone with Lineage OS and no Google services. You loose access to the usual Play store apps, but still have a lot more capabilities than a flip phone.

https://www.lineageos.org/

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Re:Google Gives Feds 1,500 Phone Locations in Unprecedented ... by boring_twenties on Friday December 13, 2019 @01:01AM (#21779443)

You don't really lose access to the Play Store, you can access it indirectly using the free Aurora app instead.

There is also microG, a free reimplementation of Google Play Services, which would allow you to even use apps that depend on that (for instance, for push notifications).

Of course what I actually recommend is doing neither of those and only using apps from F-Droid instead. But it is an option.

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