Hello guys. I recently acquired a Pixel 8A and it was Google stock os I bought it from a man locally all with cash I brought It home and I flashed grapheneos onto this phone.

What else needs to be done to anonymous this phone and make it a privacy phone and a spy free phone no tracking phone no interception phone and no monitored phone.

Any advice welcome!

Thanks.

  • @jetAEnglish
    8•1 month ago

    https://www.privacyguides.org/en/vpn/

    Privacy guides is a great place to start. They have lots of advice on many things for your digital life.

    Running graphene OS is great. Just be deliberate about what apps you run. Use an encrypted messenger such as signal, or simple x, for your secure phone calls and messaging.

    Even if you used a SIM card, that you paid for in cash, with no KYC. You’re still not anonymous. If you use your SIM card at your house, the network operator will know that, and over a period of time will know where you live. Only so many people live there. They’ll know where you travel, they’ll know where you spend time, they’ll know when you make phone calls, and who you make phone calls too. That’s just the cost of being attached to the network

    So when people are telling you if the network is your threat, don’t attach to the network, they’re not being unreasonable. It just requires you to be clear about what your threats are