Received request from a friend in Minneapolis.
I suggested FairPhone/Murena and they found this Cape.co. The finding a compatible wireless carrier and managing a VPN piece thru them off. They need an easy solution that gives them peace of mind, but they are not techy at all. “Being able to research and pick a carrier, phone and OS was overwhelming.”
This person is not nefarious, but they rightly believe the government is being nefarious in their town and they want to resist while being safe. The marketing from Cape hit the nail, but it’s marketing.
I’m not there to help, so looking for experienced condensed advice on the device.
I should add - this will be a daily driver and I’ve already advised to leave the device home for protests, etc. due to tower tracking. We’re at the next layer.
Meshtastic. There is actually a meshtastic Lemmy community. It can do texts.
Mureno will provide service for FairPhone 6. It has microphone and video kill switch, fakes geolocation, spoofs IP, uses app trackers detection, and doesn’t really have bloatware. The ecosystem is carefully curated and managed. I like it better than Fossify but still diversify a few things just because.
I use NextDNS and tight domain filters. Got rid of MicroG. Love it.