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I love this idea and would pay extra for a phone with hardware switches for camera and mic! Then again, I'd also buy a phone that had no camera but that is damn near impossible today.

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Librem 5 has kill switches for camera, audio and data.

https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/

Most smartphones are easy to take apart and remove the camera.

I just stick a piece of black tape over it. It doesn't even void the warranty.

Audio is harder to solve for and may be even more invasive to personal privacy.

at that point it's just basically a Pocket PC

You can always just connect a headset when needed. With an audio jack this would be fast enough to do quickly for incoming calls.

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