For example, I can say to you now that apple, google and samsung devices are very high on spyware. Would you even start considering replacing your phone?
Yes i would. So, no it isn't. I wish Nokia stayed on the n900 path. Good phone that one.
The list would be extremely useful. And would drive paying customers to companies that are less crooked. Race to the top is a thing, it happens. Encouraging it is a good idea.
It's useful if there is an alternative. In terms of phones, you have to go so far down the stack you almost have to build it yourself out of bits of hardware before you get one that isn't actively spying on you all the time.
Consumer choice for smartphones seems to be at an all-time low, when it comes to software. (Hardware seems as diverse as ever, with a few exceptions, such as the actual modules for talking to the cell towers.)
You have iOS, Android... And a few small OSs which only work on very specific hardware, that tends not to be available after a year or two.
What I want from a phone is fairly limited, which I think makes me more flexible, but I can't really find anything that doesn't spy on me.
* Calls
* SMS
* Phonebook
* Email (IMAP will do)
* SSH (with key support)
* Web browser
Anything I can find is either spyware-riddled, probably backdoored, or so out of date that purchasing it makes it as expensive as a flagship phone.
Just because the majority of people use devices that disrespect their privacy doesn't mean that I have to. Even on the Android side of things, there are varying degrees of privacy-respecting ROMs that you can flash to try and curb the amount of spyware that your phone has.
No, but I am already choosing to switch it off, install far less, and not always take it with me. Keep on trucking to "Tracking: everything, everywhere, always, across devices" and I'll be back on a dumb phone and second hand iPod.
For example, I can say to you now that apple, google and samsung devices are very high on spyware. Would you even start considering replacing your phone?