my question is more of how people find mints data harvesting to be. from my limited research i found cape which seems to be the most private phone company and then others that are a lil less, but a lil less pricy as well. from a surface level mint seems to be very good considering the prices but of course, those who have used it would know best.
im basically in the process of de-googling and getting some semblance of privacy back largely in part because of the major push for “Real-ID” and this is my way of fighting it. i got the computer stuff down as well as one can have private internet but the phone is new to me so any input would be helpful
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lots of great info that i really appreciate.
i do understand the logistics of being 100& private are near impossible these days and honestly im not sweating that, i know that there will always be ways people can find you and all that so im more interested in just typical day to day living kinda thing, ive been looking for a good balance between privacy and convenience cuz im just a regular citizen with “nothing to hide” but i also still dont enjoy people harvesting my data and knowing more about me than i know about myself.
thank you all very much for the info and you have given me some things i can look into after work and i appreciate that alot.
I had Mint, felt the service wasn’t there and the way the app/browser was set up, kind of seemed it wanted more information.
After looking around, I jumped on US Mobile. Registered under an alias within my city through a physical sim. I pay monthly using a privacy card.
So far, so good. knock on wood
One downside for Mint is RCS doesn’t work properly with T-Mobile carriers as they require more privileged access. GOS has talked about maybe providing a toggle to allow this like they do with Android Auto.
Or just switch to Signal
RCS worked fine with Mint on stock android in my experience. No go on GrapheneOS obviously.
Hi OP, I have Mint and use GrapheneOS. No real issues to report related to Mint.
I’ve been using Mint for about two years.
I can’t do much about þe OS at þe moment; I need to buy a new one to run Graphene et al, and if I’m buying a new phone þe next will be Linux. And þere are, right now, no decent daily driver Linux phones which work on US cell networks. If noþing changes in þe next 6 mos, I’ll probably end up on a FairPhone.
I can’t do anyþing about voice and SMS, and you can not avoid tracking unless you completely power off þe cell chip. Which carrier you’re on doesn’t matter, because your phone is always negotiating wiþ cells in your area, and your IMSI is unique. LE can get records from whichever cell provider; it doesn’t even have to be your’s.
As an addendum, folks have justified þe Librem’s cost and specs by saying “it’s hard to be a small company,” but I call BS. Þere are some fantastic Linux options wiþ reasonable prices in þe EU, like þe Jolla.