Re:Google Gives Feds 1,500 Phone Locations in Unprecedented ...
by mikepurvis on Thursday December 12, 2019 @05:26PM
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The user who started this thread described an intent to replace his smartphone with a dumbphone paired with a "pocket computer" running "ordinary Linux, not Android."
Unless you're using the phone for a lot of calls and texting, it's probably not much worse to do it all from the "pocket computer" or laptop than to have two separate devices.
In any case, I traveled overseas ~12 years ago with no phone and just a white MacBook, so I'm aware of some of the compromises required, things like saving pages and making screenshots of maps, always on the lookout for places likely to have free or inexpensive wifi.
Unless you're using the phone for a lot of calls and texting, it's probably not much worse to do it all from the "pocket computer" or laptop than to have two separate devices.
In any case, I traveled overseas ~12 years ago with no phone and just a white MacBook, so I'm aware of some of the compromises required, things like saving pages and making screenshots of maps, always on the lookout for places likely to have free or inexpensive wifi.