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Ubuntu Touch or AOSP
Similar products with hardware switches for privacy:
Purism Librem - also USA-made $2k version
Furi Labs FLX
Other open-source-friendly phones
Murena, /e/OS
- HIROH phone - expensive
Fairphone - direct and Murena sales include /e/OS, also compatible with CalyxOS (but not GrapheneOS)
PinePhone
Hijack-resistant:
Efani is $99/month! They have a vulnerability checker for your phone number, which requires OTP verification and email... should use a public throwaway redirector
Cloaked Wireless starts at $25/month, strong 2FA
Anonymity-friendly:
carriers not requiring Know Your Customer PII
- Mint (and conceivably Ultra), from T-Mobile
- Visible, from Verizon
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Tracfone [incl. Total Wireless, Straight Talk, Simple (WalMart), Net10], now owned by Verizon
H2O?
Phreeli - starts at $25
Lyca requires KYC
Yes, you can still use it as a mobile hotspot with service, and that can be useful.
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