Looking for help improving my privacy - Liberty.me

Looking for help improving my privacy

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Joseph Perrelli November 22, 2014 at 3:30 pm

I am a bit obsessed with tracking I traded my iPhone in for a burner a while ago but something I am starting to see now that I don’t have one is just how hard life has become without a mobile device. I consider a smartphone to not be to far off from a national ID card in its ability to track people and there actions and getting better at it by the day so getting a new smartphone is out of the question. Something I am finding is there are a lot of issues without some kind of mobile device available. I want something that if I feel is being tracked would not be an issue to throw away but tablets the cheapest option I am finding tend to only be able to use about half the apps on the marketplace and I don’t want to spend $200 on a new iPod touch anyone have any ideas?

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Matthew Hockley December 2, 2014 at 1:03 pm

It may be worth it for you to look into Blackphone (https://www.blackphone.ch/). It’s an Android-based smartphone built from the ground up for privacy. It’s pricy, but no more than you’d pay for a mainstream smartphone at full retail cost.

Aside from that, I’m not really sure what to suggest. What do you need to be able to do? Calls? Web? SMS? You will need to compromise. Security comes at the cost of convenience and usability. The most secure device is the one that isn’t connected to anything. It’s also the most useless if you intend to communicate with someone else. Can you expand a little more on your needs and acceptable trade-offs to meet them?

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  Joseph Perrelli December 2, 2014 at 1:51 pm
  
  I was just thinking an iPod 4 or something. Anything that can be tracked by the cell towers or GPS is out of the question. as far as function goes it mainly will be used for web applications. I do not plan on using this device for communications with other people.
  
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Matthew Hockley December 2, 2014 at 2:36 pm

In that case something like the iPod may be your best bet. A cheapo Android tablet may do as well, though you’d probably want one without GPS. The iPod can approximate your location based on wifi connection, but that will apply to any wifi connected device.

Keep in mind, if you are going to be using such a device while out and about you will be dependent on open wifi connections, which leave you vulnerable unless you run a VPN client. Also, some free wifi, such as in department stores, track your location in the store based on your device’s MAC address and which wifi access point you are connected to. There is no way around that short of not using the wifi.

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