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0 pointsSyonyk4y ago0 comments

That would be... literally all phones available today, wouldn't it? With the possible exception of the $2000 Librem 5 USA.

However, as one who's moved from an iPhone to a Nokia 8110 with KaiOS, which I in no way argue is as secure as iOS:

It has less on it. It has far less on it. It has my phone calls, a handful of text messages, and while it has email access right now, I'm experimenting with if I actually need that, or can remove it (leaning towards removing it). And my calendar.

The camera is horrible, so I just carry a pocket digital camera with me now if I care to take photos, which don't end up on the phone.

If I don't give it wifi privileges (which it currently has, but I've been running with wifi off and cell data off to see how that works, and the answer so far is "quite well"), there's simply not much it can really do to my accounts or network.

0 pointsSyonyk4y ago0 comments

That would be... literally all phones available today, wouldn't it? With the possible exception of the $2000 Librem 5 USA.

However, as one who's moved from an iPhone to a Nokia 8110 with KaiOS, which I in no way argue is as secure as iOS:

The camera is horrible, so I just carry a pocket digital camera with me now if I care to take photos, which don't end up on the phone.

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isoskeles4y ago· 3 in thread

I might make this change. Are you using any kind of app for 2FA like Google Authenticator?

SyonykOP4y ago

I still have a few things like Authenticator rooted on my iPhone. I mostly use hardware tokens, so Authenticator is nice to have, but not critical for daily use. Signal is another one, I'm currently using the linked devices, but I don't have a "new root" yet.

I believe there are some Google Authenticator apps for KaiOS, just not in the main app store, and I've not gone through the process of working out sideloading yet.

kcartlidge4y ago

> Are you using any kind of app for 2FA like Google Authenticator?

I'd love to go feature phone, but would be missing two essentials for work purposes:

- A 2FA application (eg Google Authenticator, Authy)

- A password manager (eg BitWarden, KeePass, etc)

I can do without emails etc but not those two, yet whenever feature phones try and be more feature-some they do the same old emails, FB, WhatsApp etc instead.

sneak4y ago

You can use a password manager to do TOTP codes.

Google Authenticator is sort of a crap option for doing TOTP, all things considered.

jazzyjackson4y ago

Japan, Thailand, and Vietnam manufacture a lot of phones.

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