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I've been wanting to get more familiar, just don't have the money at the moment. I don't like that some folks involved are still using their phones though. Like if you're just using it as a fallback for disaster, I guess. Seems like a lot of extra power usage on an emergency tho. But using your pocket wiretap to access an alternative communication network seems pretty fruitless. The blackberry lilygo t-decks look worth checking out tho.
It's definitely something to consider. The apk is available outside of the play store, so you could use it without a sim card and with a privacy distro or something like that. Standalone communicator devices seem to be less available generally. Hopefully more products in that form become available soon.