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Well, you now can't trust dumb-phones, or what ever they are. (Idk exactly)
If I am not mistaken, aren't dumbphones/flip phones/ feature phones vulnerable to stingray phone trackers?
If one is not encrypting their messages, then Law Enforcement Officers, nation-state actors and criminals can easily intercept SMS messages and phone calls.
Wikiless( an alternative front-end for Wikipedia):
https : / / wikiless(dot)org/wiki/Stingray_phone_tracker
Articles on Stingray phone tracker/imsi-catchers/ cell-site simulators:
https : / / www(dot)eff(dot)org/pages/cell-site-simulatorsimsi-catchers
https : / / theintercept(dot)com/surveillance-catalogue/stingray-iii/
Even more crazy(read the bolded statement, from The Intercept article):