Can you set up the phone with an eSIM like silent.link before shipping? 

 This is a legitimately good deal.  The biggest pain is privately sourcing the pixel phones that allow bootloader access.  Most "unlocked" phones still dont allow access to the bootloader, which is essential to flash the ROM (load the degoogled OS) 

 Went from iPhone to degoogled Titan Pocket running Lineage and haven't looked back though I still use my old iPhone to screen share crunchyroll on the TV

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 Qual a certeza de que não estaria trocando um espião pelo outro??? 

 não tenho 100% de certeza. acho que a única maneira de ficar livre da vigilância é não ter celular. 

 When more countries? 

 Why would I want to pay for my private phone with a traceable currency such as Bitcoin? 

 Lol you sound like you've been zapping monero for a while on Nostr and everywhere... 🤔 

 I use Monero quite often, actually, at least once a week, if not more often than that. I even managed to pay some of my bills with Monero every single month. 

 Awesome, you keep your stash in #Bitcoin right? 👍 

 No way. I dont want to risk needing it and having $20USD tx fees. I hold Monero. 

 🤡 Read the book Layered Money, that'll help with this poor tx fee argument.  

 the tx fees are only one issue. the others are the lack of privacy and lightning is primarily custodial which is a no no. 

 ...(Sir, you skipped the part where I told you to read a 📚) 😳🙄 

 Did you know? Your phone is:

a. Tracking your location 24/7.
b. Sending your push notifications to the government.
c. Recording your conversations and reading your messages.
d. Recording audio OFF the phone, in the same room as the phone's mic.
e. Relationship mapping everyone you know, to label unknown numbers or accounts as you.

So, who cares?

Well, Without privacy:

a. You don't own your Nostr private key.
b. You don't own your Bitcoin wallets.
c. You're using the infrastructure of your enemy, who is actively looking to suppress your speech and take away your rights.

What's the answer?

A DeGoogled phone is just Android without telemetry.  You can do it on your own, or Simplified Privacy sells cheap ones.

Why would I get a DeGoogled Android through Simplified Privacy?

a. Pay in Bitcoin, keep your name off the hardware identifiers.
b. Get a 1-hour consult included to ask your questions on the best apps and ways to use it.
c. Pay zero taxes.
d. Get low pricing, we do the Pixel 6a for just $300.
e. Avoid the stress of ending up with the wrong thing or a bricked phone.
f. Participate in the Nostr economy.  We don’t need government registration, our signature is our word.
g. Support us to develop our open source Nostr client.

Learn more:
https://simplifiedprivacy.com/degoogledphoneinfo/ 

 The only one I'd recommend is a OnePlus that supports DivestOS, unless you want to grab a Pixel (non-Googled version) with GrapheneOS. However, I'll probably grab the OnePlus with Divest, since I wouldn't buy any Google products (unless used) anyway. This is the same with Motorolla. 

 I own a Pixel 8 and manually installed GrapheneOS! Been on it for a few months now and I'll NEVER go back. Avid FOSS user through Obtainium, as well as silent.link for my anon esim!! If my wife divorces me because of that, I promise I'll survive. Easy. Whole family still on FB, RIP...

🏋️‍♀️🥷🤙 

 Same since Dec!  I never miss stock OS.  Graphene has come a long way with usability.  I think at this point if people were given the choice and knew the tradeoffs between stock Android and a degoogled os they would pick something like Graphene 

 My man!! Best combo: Amethyst+GOS 🔥 Man #GrapheneOS is like El Salvador 🇸🇻, you feel extremely safe when you make that choice! 🛀