[ryanolsonx]

> “Put up your hand if you like or maybe even love your smartphone,” I asked the audience of policymakers, industrialists and students.

> Nearly every hand in the room shot up.

> “Now, please put up your hand if you trust your smartphone.”

> One young guy at the back put his hand in the air, then faltered as it became obvious he was alone. I thanked him for his honesty and paused before saying,“We love our phones, but we do not trust them. And love without trust is the definition of an abusive relationship.”

For this and other reasons, I'm switching to the Light Phone 2 [1]. I get it later this month. Devices like this don't solve all of our problems, but they certainly solve many.

[1]: http://lightphone.com

[lostmsu]

> An abusive relationship is an interpersonal relationship characterized by the use or threat of physical or psychological abuse.

I.e. the author is manipulating facts. Trust has nothing to do with it. Obviously, if a person does not trust anybody, not every relationship they get into is abusive to them.

[beat]

Within the framework applied, trust has everything to do with it. What makes a relationship abusive isn't the distrust, but rather the distrust combined with the inability to escape (which is often about love). We love our smartphones, but we don't trust them. That's very different than, say, distrusting some random stranger. The way to deal with not trusting a stranger is to not engage with them. How do you deal with, say, not trusting your father?

[teddyh]

See also the Librem 5, which might be getting a RYF certification.