I have the duress pin/password set, the pin is written on a post-it in the case.

I should clarify, the cop can give the phone a once over but not connect to a machine or clone the phone. Cloning is a bit more involved - legally speaking.

I best I could do on my tablet was to put those notifications on “silent”. They in my notification bar but the popup is gone.

I don’t know about Calyx or Iode but Lineage doesn’t allow for a locked bootloader. This is a massive security hole and without security, sooner or later, your privacy will be violated.

Currently, GrapheneOS on a newer Pixel are the only phones that Celebrite can’t breach. Celebrite machines are cheap enough that the border guards and your local cops probably have one. In my country, it’s the law that a cop is allowed to examine a phone during a traffic stop.

Installing GrapheneOS removes all the Google crap.

I’ve been using a Logitech Trackball for many years - Ergo M575. It can connect via a dongle or bluetooth. Lasts for months on a single AA battery.

The beauty of a Trackball is it works anywhere - arm of a chair, on my leg, any table without a mouse pad.

Edit: sorry, the dongle is USB-A.

Your daughter’s Google account can be closed without appeal. All the memories gone. This less likely to happen using Proton or Tuta.

Every scam ends up on the news. I doubt if we can warn a wider audience than that.

https://www.mrlube.com/

Not always, unfortunately.

Authy 2fa doesn’t work on GOS because of Play Integrity. GOS has been talking with regulators in the EU about this.

An Amazon delivery locker doesn’t open without Sandboxed Google Play installed, I’ve switched to post office deliveries. I had to change my account user name to my actual name ( my name is extremely common so no big deal really) but at least I don’t have Amazon’s shit app installed anymore.

Google Pay doesn’t work.

Android Auto is hit and miss.

There tech support is also fantastic. I had an issue yesterday morning, it was fixed by the afternoon.

I use VoIP MS and have two way texting. They are very much KYC, extremely inexpensive, and the service works very well. There is an unofficial app called “voipms sms” on F-Droid that I found buggy but it seems to work for a lot of people. I use Sipnetic for voice calls and sms. So many options for routing calls, dealing with spammers.

If you are looking for more of a private service JMPchat, they do cost quite a bit more but have no interest in your personal information, they just want money.

Sure. From my bank, credit card and Mr. Lube (auto service shop). I haven’t noticed anything that indicated my data ended up in a breach. Just a few companies that abused my trust and sent me spam.

Easy to take a phone to a used car lot and enter a few vins

There are basically two classes of cars.

A “hard drive on wheels” which records events encase of an accident - a black box.

The other is a “smartphone on wheels”. These are the cars that have an eSim with a full-time internet connection.

Airplane mode - callers can leave a message. VoIP - it’s connected via wifi or mobile data. I’m in Canada but the three times I checked where my IP says I am, it was in UK or NL. Of course there are alternative OSs for androids.

This site may help you pick a car without a full-time connection. https://vehicleprivacyreport.com/report/