Modular phone promises total privacy at the flick of a switch

Most modular phones are all about the swappable hardware or their repairability. But Brax's upcoming model takes a slightly different approach: it's going for maximum privacy.

The Brax Wink features a BlackBerry-style design with the front split between a 4-inch display and a full physical keyboard. That bottom half can be swapped out for an extra battery.

The phone runs on a de-Googled version of Android called BraxOS. That means it has the same foundation as the popular OS, but you won't require a Google account to use it, and your phone activity won't be tracked for collecting analytics and delivering ads. It's open source, so anyone can audit it on GitHub.

Introducing Brax Wink: A Private Mobile Communicator

That's not all: a physical switch on the side of the phone lets you turn off the mobile network, microphones, camera, location, sensors, and more for the whole device.

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