[yosito]

I'd be curious if anyone finds it worthwhile to have a smartphone while being so paranoid that you have to hide it in a Faraday bag. I understand the problem. I just don't understand the practical use case: every time you use the phone, you have to take it out of the Faraday bag, and it can be used to spy on you or report information about you. Assuming you're keeping it in the Faraday bag all day, when and why would you find it useful and worth the risk to take it out? And with that level of use, wouldn't it be more practical to have a dumb phone or a laptop?

[24bug47]

You would take out your phone if you would like to make a phone call, or check to see if you have received any messages. For the other 99% of your day, the IoT sensors being stuck on every conceivable object are unable to report back to HQ (and every agency and broker affiliated) your current whereabouts and trajectory.

[yosito]

So why not get a more basic phone and not a smart phone?

[throwaway1777]

Dumb phones still ping cell towers?

[yosito]

Sure, but they also have simpler hardware that's easier to audit and almost all have removable batteries, which is most likely just as effective as a faraday bag.