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Comment by pcthrowaway

2 days ago

> 2. don't own a phone

Honestly I don't think this is going to protect you if you are being targeted. We've already seen what can happen with pagers

Well, a group centered its comms on that particular technology but it was quite an esoteric move.

Not having a phone is nigh on impossible, minimizing phone use isn't quite as bad as you might think. Mine ran out of battery on Monday and I've not charged it all week.

I'm toying with the idea of only using it when I absolutely need to (e.g., for MFA, if I'm out of an evening and likely to need a taxi). Not so much an opsec thing, more that I spend enough time in-front of screens as it is.

The parent comment was flippant, but I think in the context of this piece, phone-use minimization isn't necessarily a bad idea.

I don't know if you're joking or not, but unless you plan on invading a country, killing raping and burning alive civilians, and all this for your half-retarded religion and/or your inability to accept anyone who is different than you, you're safe.