Like said before no phone is snoop proof. That being said I feel better about using an unlocked android running lineage os with no google apps. Its as close as you can get I think to a safe smartphone. They do ota updates now and its not as hard as you think. Dedicate like 4-5 hours to unlock the phone ( you have to learn adb and download some commands to unlock the boot loader on most phones) then you can run a custom ROM. I like lineage but there are a few good ones out there. Its worth it, super useable, most apps will work fine( you have to either use an appstore other than play or just download and install the .apk files). Trust me its not as hard as it sounds, I'm basically a Luddite but I can follow directions and I was able to figure it out with little trouble.
I love the idea of bypassing the Play Store
Thank you for the info. I have to replace my phone today. I hate the play store. I will the adk approach to reach the app store. Really disappointing to hear from you techies there is no snoop proof out there. If gubbermint/nsa wasn't sooo fucking big, we wouldn't have this problem. Seriously pisses me off i need all these "secret" passwords, but they don't. What a joke.
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