Moving to 2G feature phone for security will be stupidest thing to do, warns expert; here’s why

The fact that a software like NSO’s Pegasus could snoop in on everything you do on your smartphone has prompted many to consider a dumb feature phone for at least some conversations. However, going the Chellam Sir way could be the stupidest thing one could do in the present circumstances, especially if you are the kind of person who could be of interest, warns Saket Modi, Co-Founder and CEO – Safe Security.

“That is an absolute disaster,” Modi says when asked if people should move to feature phones with no smartness at all. “I’ll tell you why. It basically takes less than 15 minutes for a Class 12 computer science kid to listen in to your 2G conversations, it’s that easy,” he says in the latest episode of Our Own Devices.