I think it’s really about the apps — Rumble and Parler, etc. Google phones and Apple phones and other companies can elect not to allow such apps and thus force you to use Twitter or Youtube(for example) or nothing. The Freedom Phone seems intended to keep your options open.
That being said, I’d like to be able to have a phone not made in China.
In this day and age expecting any form of electronic communication to be truly secure is folly. It is all a question of degree. It it like the windows on your car, they make you feel safe but if someone drives into a situation where they are surrounded by ANTIFA and they give the wanna-be terrorists a funny look... the windows provide no safety at all.
> I think it’s really about the apps
Could be the hardware also. Does anyone really know what all is embedded in the micro code of an ethernet controller for instance?