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 Yeah, I use a non contract carrier but I know it still goes through Verizon towers.  
 Plus backdoored cellular modems with over the air root 
 If you turn on airplane mode it disables the cellular modem, also if the modem is compromised it can't affect the OS because it's isolated via IOMMU. The only thing a compromised modem could do is ignore airplane mode commands.  
 If you're going to keep airplane mode on 100% of the time, why would you have a device with a cellular modem? If you're going to turn airplane mode off, your backdoor is open. It's just a thing we have to accept for now if we want to have phones. 

Someday we'll have better hardware.  
 Unfortunately our smart phones nearly always have gsm modules

wish it were possible to have a pocket sized android without the cellular tracking.

pixel tablet, if it were smaller, for instance. 
 What phone do you recommend?  
 No phone  
 GrapheneOS is good if you've got to carry one. The point is never to forget that if you're carrying a phone, you're still being tracked, even if you're limiting the damage from app-based threats. It is baked into the design oftheinfrastructure: if you can see the network, the network can see you. And it takes notes. 
 Good advice, thank you. We need a viable alternative to traditional phone carriers and towers, most people need to stay connected for work or with family these days, unfortunate that it comes at such a cost. 
 Just a curious question if you don't mind, what do you think about starlink technology? Do you think it will be better than traditional phone carriers in terms of privacy and features? Do you think it is a viable alternative?  
 No 
 Meshtastic and LoRa is the way. 
 What about Pinephone Pro with the modem disabled by the hardware toggle or Librem 5 with the modem removed or disabled via the switch? 
 The hardware is not secure, nor is software.

Just flash GOS or Divestos and put limiting amount of information. Better security can lead to better privacy.
Nothing is ironclad but GOS dose the most reasonable moves. 
 "if you can see the network, the network can see you. And it takes notes."

Even when I leave my phone somewhere and go for a quiet stroll, I pass an uncountable number of cameras. It's packed with them here. There's no peace from the networks except out gently bobbing on the water ⛵🌊 

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 Is that tracking called pinging? In a way that devices communicate between each other so even if I have my phone completely anonymous it will communicate with other devices in the the room and therefore track my location, something like that? 
 Privacy tips from Snowden

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 I see I'm not the only one with a malfunctioning spacebar. 
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 How about unplugged phones Ed? Care to share your thoughts? 
 This is what Zuri would use. #CODEDSHADOWS www.codedshadows.com 

(Thanks to Spinnekop in South Africa 😎🤙⚡️🔥) 
 Is unplugged worth a view for Americans?

https://unplugged.com 
 What about phone in flight mode? Can we trust that in your opinion? 
 I like the punkt phone first gen. Wish it was still compatible and available to get so I can use a simple tech phone again. I miss simple tech in sometime cases. Wish there were more options like that. 
 Meshtastic anything out of band.  
 You’re doing better than most of us at least