True. My own solution is, for the most part, forward secrecy. Consider every machine you are using is probably spying on you and your activity, adjust and adapt to that. Like Edward Snowden warned before, if you don't want something known then keep your devices from knowing it, limit the amount of personal information you put into it, use multiple devices to compartmentalize and isolate certain activities making it harder to track everything you do, routinely wipe your web browser session caches/history, etc.

Think of it this way. How is a hacker going to humiliate you if he/she hacks your computer and finds nothing of proof or substantially nothing personal, or of any value, to humiliate you with?

Older non backdored processors are good indeed. Long term, a viable alternative is needed when these becomes inadequate. I don't have a solution.

Newer intel processors have WiFi backdoors since at least 2011 from what I recall. This is one reason I store nearly all my files on multiple separate offline drives for security, as well privacy, reasons. Some of them I have in Blackout faraday cage bags. I even have a separate personal laptop used only for personal email in one. Those bags shield devices from WiFi and electromagnetic hacking/eavesdropping as well protect them from an EMP (electromagnetic pulse) attack. Good to have for phones too, if you ever wish to become hard to track.

https://blackoutshield.com

Also avoid newer processors that have been backdoored. It's very hard to find any reliable information on this though

There are encrypted satellite phones but they are expensive.

https://sat123.com/

It's a phone designed for privacy I found. It any good?

I'm not familiar with it, but looks good at first glance. Note this post by anon depvana.com/post/3119 regarding privacy phones in general

Librem 5?

Alright nice

No, from my understanding it can work offline.

Good advise, but this will still be dependable on corporate mobile network right?

Pixel 6 can be had, sealed, for ~$300. You can then install GrapheneOS on it. I haven't used any offline messenger but have read about Briar which looks promising. It can allegedly sync through wi-fi, bluetooth and memory cards.

Privacy phones are expensive, but I may start a shop to get the prizes down. No off the grid solution i'm aware of, but will look into it

Any affordable solutions for private phones?
Also is there any alternative off grid ways to have encrypted communications? Like if someone takes down the cell networks, is there a private alternative?

>>post3176 
Residential wifi is likely password protected. Other than that it's a great plan. For best privacy this is probably the way.

How about sitting in the back of a van with a laptop in some random parkinglot, using a wi-fi extender, aiming for some other random distance public networks or nearby residential wifi? Possibly usings an OS like Tails (which auto-spoofs MAC) while doing it?

Agree, SEW is a very srong privacy measure. The problem is to find an accessible access point. Are you only using public wifi access points with this strategy?

Whenever you are in doubt, use SEW

SEW stands for:
Someone
Elses
Internet

With a wi-fi extender you (yes, even YOU) can do anything

I think a lot of problems are a lot easier to solve if you try to simplify the issue, you'll need to spoof your mac address as well if you want to really be anonymous, and do not travel to public places, they will track your location via your wifi signals, but wi-fi extenders are basically foolproof for anonymity as far as I am aware, and very easy (and legal) to make

DEA tapped "burner phones" back in the early 2000s to bust dealers. I'm just glad one anon I knew is still around lol.

fbi ran a company selling semingly legit privacy phones. From now on, factor in the possibility the fbi is behind privacy companies or apps.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uFyk5UOyNqI