[arca_vorago]

The solution is the have a GNU phone, with open source software and firmware all the way down the stack. There it is, it's not a popular opnion around here, or especially within the government ("mah backdoors!"), but the fact of the matter is there is no reason I shouldn't be able to have full granular access control over any program on my phone or computer, down to root.

I am increasingly convinced that RMS was/is a man so far ahead of his time that he was bound to be misunderstood, misconstrued, and lambasted for it, but in the end I think he is right.

Either the user controls the program or the program controls the user. The problem here is not the app, but the platform the app is on. Android isn't much better. Google had a good chance to put linux on phones for everyone, but had to go and proprietarize and BSDize the fuck out of it until it became almost impossible to have root on some phones. I'm sure In-Q-Tel and the after-sex smoking level of coziness google has with the gov doesn't factor into that though /s.

When the totalitarian dystopia hits, people who have learned how to deal with the imperfections and quirks of FOSS ecosystems will be the new freedom fighters, ahead of the game.

[zepto]

You should also consider acquiring some off-grid land where you can build a shelter stocked with MREs, ammunition, and guns. Make sure also to keep some of your saving in physical gold that you keep in your possession, and don't wear any hats you didn't make yourself...