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Yeah that phone is so NOT secure. Like horribly not secure. I blame google/android. See: https://charlescarrollsociety.com/2016/01/22/silentcircle-bl...

Things have not gotten better. So no, there are not alternatives that are “absolutely more secure.”

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That link is about privacy, not security, and horribly misunderstands some fundamental basics. Like that you can disable google applications just fine. Sure you have to trust the OS to actually disable like it says it will, but you also have to trust that iOS does what Apple says it does, too. But you don't have to trust anything Google on that phone.

I think the phone is silly for other reasons, but that link is nonsense and largely unrelated to the discussion at hand.

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