My phone is anonymous now

I needed to anonymize my phone. This how I did it.
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I can’t trust anyone with my data. When I use a phone with a Google Account or Apple ID, these companies are by default going to be collect unique hardware identifiers, my location information and app usage data without possibility to opt out.

If I want to use a phone I need to choose one that is going to allow me to use it completely anonymously and let me be in control of all of my data. I want to a phone that maintains Android’s security model and keeps the best security practices for security updates.

GrapheneOS has a far-reaching number of substantial improvements that altogether make up for the most secure mobile operating system for the end user.

Because I want to keep this device as anonymous as possible, I do not even insert a SIM card at all and use the phone as a WiFi-only device. To protect my IP address, I use Orbot to route my traffic through Tor.

Sources
[1a] https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/google-geofence-location-data-avondale-wrongful-arrest-molina-gaeta-11426374
[1b] https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/13/us/google-location-tracking-police.html
[2]a https://www.abc15.com/news/region-west-valley/avondale/valley-man-suing-avondale-police-for-false-arrest
[2b] https://azcentral.com/story/news/local/southwest-valley/2019/07/31/jorge-luis-molina-says-avondale-police-used-google-data-wrongfully-arrest-him-murder-joe-knight/1873878001/
[3] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/06/us-tech-giants-nsa-data
[4] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/08/nsa-boundless-informant-global-datamining
[5] https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-tracking-cellphone-locations-worldwide-snowden-documents-show/2013/12/04/5492873a-5cf2-11e3-bc56-c6ca94801fac_story.html
[6] https://www.wired.com/story/geofence-warrants-google/
[7] https://www.fastcompany.com/9045..