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this post was submitted on 30 Jan 2026
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The only safe phone is a phone with a strong password thats in a powered down state. Otherwise there are tools to gain full access.
The only safe phone is a phone with no data.
Otherwise there will be tools to gain full access.
Without forgetting the good old rubber hose attack
FWIW I think the only way to keep confidential information is hosted in another country, encrypted, with no credentials (or even the name of the server) cached, all on open sources stacks, with the infrastructure provider different from the operating system provider different from the application provider and encryption provider
Is this convenient? No Is this accessible to the average user? No
I just think something at certain point went extremely wrong in history. We accepted control in exchange of convenience
I would have thought it would be more accurate to say we accepted convenience at the expense of privacy and security...
Yes, of course, it was a mistake, I reworded that sentece