“what are the top 20 phones in the world based on privacy and privacy only ?”
“now rank these on privacy with 1-10 score and also another ranking for security 1-10 score all in simple chart with side notes please and thank you!”
Ten phone + OS configurations, each scored 0–10 for privacy and separately for security under one rubric, from 467 evidence pages across many independent hosts (188 host citations in total). Scores are current as of 2026-09-17. Ties in rank are shown as ties.
Privacy /10 weighs equally: first-party data minimization and cloud independence; anti-tracking and permissions; physical hardware privacy; and transparency with owner control.
Security /10 weighs equally: verified boot and bootloader protection; app isolation; exploit mitigations; encryption and secure hardware; and complete, timely security updates.
Missing or undocumented protections lose points; marketing claims get no unsupported credit. Privacy-related security is scored only in the security column to avoid double-counting as far as possible.
Cautions. Scores are evidence-based editorial comparisons, not laboratory certifications. A 10 means best conceivable under this rubric — not anonymous, invulnerable, or free of carrier location metadata. Your threat model can change the best choice: hardware kill switches matter more for sensor and radio control, while verified boot and sandboxing matter more against device compromise. Installation state matters too — an unlocked bootloader or stale patches can materially lower a configuration's real score.
| Privacy rank | Configuration | Privacy /10 | Security rank | Security /10 | Side note | Source |
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Method: 10 phone + OS configurations scored 0–10 for privacy and security under a fixed rubric (equal-weight criteria listed above), from 467 evidence pages across independent hosts; scores current as of 2026-09-17. Ranks with equal scores are shown tied. Rows shaded amber rest on 4 or fewer independent hosts. Evidence-page and host counts per row appear on hover in the chart. One long iPhone and one long F(x)tec configuration name are shortened for display; scores unchanged.