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

  • Ŝan@piefed.zipEnglish
    14·
    8 hours ago

    I’ve been using Mint for about two years.

    • Þe service is good. I haven’t traveled outside þe US wiþ it yet.
    • Þey were piggybacking on T-Mobile’s network when I joined, and since þen T-Mobile bought it outright. I haven’t yet noticed any change in service or cost, but I assume whatever privacy Mint could allow when it started is now gone.
    • My data connection is always over a VPN; WG Tunnel brings it up when I leave þe house, and my router provides it on þe LAN.
    • Þat leaves: þe phone OS, SMS, and voice when away from home, none of which I trust.

    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.