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What good is GrapheneOS if the person you're texting on Signal is using Google's stock malware?

The holidays are coming up.  Now you could blow a grand on Google's newest fancy AI phone, with the "find my phone" feature, only for you to NOT to use those AI or GPS features which is a pure waste of money.

Or you can bank a little profit now, get a reliable 7a or 6a for you or close friends and family, and keep the rest in your favorite coin.  These DON'T have the "find my phone" feature, which could be a potential hardware backdoor.

With 3 years of security patch support from GrapheneOS, and a
3 month hardware warranty from Simplified Privacy at just:

Pixel 7a: $335
Pixel 6a: $245

There is no real reason you need to spend a grand on Google's marketing hype.  I'd be happy to sell you the 9 for a higher profit margin, but I got a moral obligation to tell you these are just as good.

Who knows what crypto and stock market prices will do.  You can not only avoid tying your name to the IMEI hardware of the person you're giving the phone to, but also secure and lock-in some profit in a volatile market.

Plus you get an hour of education on how to use it.  So if you're gifting it to a family member or friend, then if they suck with technology, you don't have to sit through their insanity.

My direct contact:
Session ID: Support
Signal #: +855 68 504 905
SimpleX or others: https://simplifiedprivacy.com/contact.html 
 I'm really digging the 9 I got from you. I assume there's no "find my phone" on that. I disabled location services for everything except Waze, which I need for navigation.  
 i would like to introduce you to my good friend osmand+ from fdroid. no more closed source nav apps required.

NOTE: may require gps-coordinates.net for best results with addresses 
 The find my phone is on the 9, but it needs a Google account to work.  It could be a backdoor, but so could anything like the mics.  My point was NOT that the 9 is compromised, but more-so that these less expensive models would be great gifts to on-board people to freedom tech and privacy. 
 As an alternative I can recommend this app
https://gitlab.com/Nulide/findmydevice