I've been thinking perhaps splurging on a really big SD card, then doing some
of the things mentioned in Calher's thread like offline Wiki,Books,Music,TED
talks etc.. whatever reasonably fits. Keeping the phone offline mode
--generally-- and switching it on when I need to make calls, but this
strategy might fail because people will not be able to reach me. I'm not too
keen on this.
Geolocation + Call records + Internet history are the only attack vectors
from the government I can see for an active SIM pinephone. I suppose VPN or
tor use could mitigate the internet logging and DNS records kept. Since
3-point triangulation is how other phones communicate with yours I don't see
any way of avoiding geolocation vector without burners. Call records could be
mitigated by using an encrypted online-call system, all free of course.
About what you said on threat models, I realize that the Gov is inevitable
because they not only have the resources but also they have the willpower and
very many attack vectors including cell + internet companies but also google
and apple and perhaps so many more, so preventing government tracking
completely would be to go offline permanently. I don't wish to do this but I
have been thinking of continuing to carry my iPhone without a sim, connecting
to a wifi hotspot from the pinephone. Only for circumstances in which I would
require non-free stuff. That way anything that the iPhone wants to
communicate out-- can get caught in a firewall on the pinephone.
I'm also a pragmatist in that, if in a moment I need a working phone in
haste, I would not hesitate to swap out the sim from the pinephone to donate
to the iPhone or any iphone nearby really. I'm thinking in the event that it
crashes.
Any suggestions? I already ordered one :)
