[dataking]

> This isn’t tin foil hat paranoia. This is just honest engineering.

This sentence and others makes me think this article was written or edited by an AI. Anybody else get that feeling too?

[truculent]

> This isn’t some hipster nostalgia trip or a flip phone for people who think the 90s were peak civilization. This is something way cooler. A phone that gives you back something we didn’t even realize we’d lost. The ability to actually, truly, shut the hell up.

[segh]

I started skimming and instantly thought AI, then came to the comments to see if it was just me.

[antisol]

     It’s like having a guest room in your house. The app can visit, but it doesn’t get to rearrange your furniture or go through your mail.

Yep. I came here to say "Well hi there chatgpt, I recognise your writing style anywhere &emdash; it's like a bad metaphor that hasn't been thought out. The LLM can predict likely text but that's not the same as making sense."

    Having tested dozens of privacy focused devices over the years, from GrapheneOS phones to Purism’s Librem 5. I can tell you that hardware based privacy switches are the gold standard.

You've tested "dozens" of privacy-focused phones, but you're writing about Jolla as if they're brand new and haven't been around for a decade? How did you miss Jolla until 2026?