I hear you. Nostr engagement has slowed noticeably. I know you’ve got lucrative irons in other fires. We all hope you can hang in there. I’ve said it before—if Amethyst goes down, there’s not much hope left for a quality user experience on Nostr. It’s been the best client, and it still is—even if it’s in need of an update. It’s good to see new clients pushing forward, but Amethyst is still the most mature, well-rounded, privacy-focused experience on Nostr.

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I’ve seen you mention this before. Not sure exactly what you mean, but that sounds intense. Cutting the radios, using physical controls, powering devices down, removing the battery, or using something like a Faraday bag—those are all solid steps in the right direction, depending on your threat model and how you approach compartmentalization and isolation. GrapheneOS does a lot at the software level to disable radios, and I have no evidence to doubt that—but I still trust physical cutoffs more than software controls.

That’s a solid approach. If pulling the battery works for you, that’s as definitive as it gets—no power, nothing running. The kill switches are just there for convenience when you still want to use the phone.

Also worth noting—there are newer devices like the Jolla phone starting to move in this direction with physical privacy controls. Still early, still trade-offs—but it shows where things are headed in the open hardware and privacy space.

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Understood. If you’re worried about microphones, the most reliable way to eliminate the risk is a hardware-level cutoff—something that physically cuts power to the mic. That’s not software muting—that’s a hard disconnect. Same idea applies to cameras—without a hardware cutoff or a physical cover, you’re still relying on software and trust. GrapheneOS does a lot at the OS level to lock things down, but I trust a physical switch more than software running on top of closed-source components like the baseband/modem. If you want absolute certainty, you can physically disconnect or desolder the mic entirely. Anything short of that is still trust-based. There are niche devices like the Librem 5 and the newer Liberty Phone that already do this, but they come with trade-offs and aren’t exactly mainstream daily drivers. It’d be nice to see this kind of control make its way into flagship phones.

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