Posted on 01/06/2019 2:21:10 PM PST by Chickensoup
At the present time privacy does not exist online.
Even when you tell them not to track you. You still are being tracked.
Yes, the Blackberry Key2 has full internet functionality like any Android (e.g. Samsung) or Apple phone. I love it, very pleased.
I use Tracfone and LG smartphone Rebel 4.
With Tracfone the minutes never expire and roll over. There is a service fee of about $50/year.
I recently upgraded from the Rebel 2 to 4 and found a Tracfone app that transfer all of my data. It is called Transfer Wizard. It took about only a few minutes to transfer data, but I didn’t have much on the Rebel 2 anyway.
Tracfone generally uses Verizon.
>>Notice that many new films are set in the 90s to end run around the mess that cellphones made in our lives.<<
I didn’t make the linkage but what you suggest makes sense.
I guess the old “my battery is dying” and “no cell service here” movie cliches are wearing thin.
Pretty simple, hilarious
Not sure by your questions if you want another flip phone to replace your current flip phone.
We’re cruising next month and wanted to replace Hubby’s OLD LG flip phone with one that’s a world device. We’re with Verizon. They have five basic flip phones, which they call “basic”, but they really aren’t. Two are world devices. The LG Exalt is the one he chose and it’s a frickin’ mess — Android based. We were told that 4G will take over everything at the end of 2019, so anything that truly is basic never will be again.
There are zero cell phones that offer complete privacy. I use BlackBerries (no Hillary jokes please). I switch the SIM card between the Priv which is Android (hate) based, and the Classic on the BB OS (love). BBs are pretty good for privacy. In fact, the Verizon techs get frustrated when I call for help because BB won’t let them tap in and take over control of my phones. Verizon no longer sells BB.
We still have a landline, which I love. Cellular snooping passed “out of control” 5-10 years ago.
I don’t know if this helps in any way.
Get an iPhone 8 or newer via At&t. As far as privacy, there are things you can do to keep your info off the web, but the tech companies - apple, Google, Amazon, FB, At&t, your internet provider and NSA will have everything you say, search, watch, text, buy, look at, and everyplace you go, how fast you are going, your heart rate, etc. the iPhone spies on you as ALL smart phones do. But so is Amazon, your email provider, your cell phone provider, your internet provider, your credit card company, your car, and even the USPS. Then there are traffic cameras, facial recognition, license plate scanners, and google earth. So even if you hole up in the middle of nowhere with no cell phone or internet, I can use google earth and count your cows, tell when it’s time for you to put in a new fence, estimate the number of tomatoes you get every year and much more.
I guess there isn’t much way around it. Privacy is dead. My computer regularly pops up ads for things I talk about. I would say go in the bathroom and turn on the tub to have a private conversation, but wait, computwr programs can isolate voices so that won’t work either.
I really liked my Nokia Windows ‘phone, but those aren’t a thing anymore.
I am reasonably happy with my Motorola Moto E. It’s a few years old, but does the job just fine, and it’s 4G/LTE compatible.
I’d like a Marshall, but they were a flash in the pan.
I found the best bet to be the Samsung J7. Unlimited LOCAL memory (removable microSD cards). No Apple product can meet that, and most other current cellphones can’t either. Removable battery, when you don’t want it monitoring or tracking you. It does come loaded with Google and provider spyware, but all Droids do at this point, and most lack the removable battery for privacy.
Apple doesn’t sell you to third parties (FOR NOW), but that’s the only redeeming benefit of paying the Apple Tax. And they still want you to store almost everything on their servers. And you won’t find an iPhone with a user removable battery. Best bet for them is a heavy wrapping of aluminium foil.
Good luck with your search.
I remember the green stamps being turned in for coffee. Ground at the checkout.
The code phrase is “Legal Intercept”. The government requires all telecom providers to design their systems to permit easy electronic monitoring of communications upon demand.
And, of course, if the government can do it, a skilled hacker probably can, as well.
Thnaks, verizon is my carrier.
we live in amazing times.
On which phone company to select, you should ask around if you live in a sparse hilly area or even a dense urban area with tall buildings. I was at a family reunion a couple of years ago. Verizon users had to walk to the top of the hill to make a call. AT$T users were fine at the location.
I have Comcast email. If I ditch Comcast I can keep my email address with them. However, I believe I lose the ability to change my password after I leave them. Check Time Warner's policies if you decide to ditch them.
“I can use google earth and count your cows, tell when it’s time for you to put in a new fence, estimate the number of tomatoes you get every year and much more.”
You know the aerial photos are not real-time, right?
Could put a prototype together for 340k, or use some sh!t in my shed.
I enjoy my LG G7 ThinQ phone.
I have an old flip phone. If I go to AT&T and get a phone how much a month? Currently pay$40
Yes... But you do not have to agree to sign up with Google or use their apps. Mine is a Samsung android but I use absolutely no Google stuff as they would like me to. Samsung has their own very diverse app store and there are tons of third party apps written to work on android without any dependency on Google.
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