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Feds in Catalonia, Spain think everyone using a Google Pixel must be a drug dealer in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
US Privacy Focused Carrier Cape.co in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] lock@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

Sadly privacy is costly. It's the only option compared to the others

US Privacy Focused Carrier Cape.co in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] lock@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

You can go on the site without javascript, but it breaks the UI

US Privacy Focused Carrier Cape.co in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] lock@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

Major difference, as this is a carrier.

US Privacy Focused Carrier Cape.co in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] lock@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago

They have a special option called Obscura but it is only available via contact

One of Cape Obscura’s key features is identifier rotation. By regularly changing the identifiers your phone transmits—like IMSI, IMEI, and AdID—Cape makes it nearly impossible for trackers or malicious actors to follow your digital footprint. Source

Feds in Catalonia, Spain think everyone using a Google Pixel must be a drug dealer in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
Your guide to a new Photo Management service! in c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
[–] lock@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

What's wrong with the default iOS photos app? Even with iCloud you can still have your photos encrypted.

Reflections of a 95-Year-Old Man: Part 1 in c/philosophy@lemmy.ml
[–] lock@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

Are you happy in life?

US Privacy Focused Carrier Cape.co in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] lock@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 days ago

It would be the first ever telecom honeypot. Even if it was a honeypot, nothing sufficient can be collected and it would not make sense to waste so much resources on an entire telecom company for no info. Just does not make sense

Don't be paranoid whenever you stumble upon a privacy company because If everybody doesn't trust a decent privacy focused company like you, the company will fall. You can't just assume something is a honeypot because of small details.

US Privacy Focused Carrier Cape.co in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] lock@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago

Signal is also US-based and Cape is literally a carrier with coverage only in America. I found one of there employees that previously worked 9 years with DuckDuckGo and is now working with Cape.

US Privacy Focused Carrier Cape.co in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] lock@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

The coverage is only in America, I guess it doesn't need to be collected over there

They use Digital Signatures instead of usernames and passwords. Cape employees don't port out numbers and only you can with a 24 word seedphrase you can read more about it here so I guess they are more secure compared to others.

This has to be a joke, what do you mean "just use signal" and "open source" ???

Stripe handles the actual card details, while Cape only receives the token, which cannot be mapped to your real credit card number. Stripe generates a token that is stored on cape's systems to confirm a payment has been made. Cape does not store your credit card number. Cape does not associate tokens to subscribers

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US Privacy Focused Carrier Cape.co (cape.co)
 

There is this carrier I stumbled upon called Cape, calls itself America's privacy first carrier.

It claims to offer privacy and security and to only store necessary information.

We don’t collect your name, social security number, address, or other personal information. Any data we do receive (like call logs) is deleted after 60 days.

We secure your account against SIM swaps—attacks to steal your phone number and access your accounts—with modern cryptography protocols.

Our proprietary signaling protection blocks attempts by bad actors to intercept calls and SMS via outdated signaling protocols like SS7.

Voicemails can hold sensitive information like 2FA codes. Cape encrypts your voicemails so only you have access to them.

We don’t collect your name or billing address at checkout, and Cape never sees your credit card details.

Anonymous sign-up

They are also partnered with Proton

Here is a detailed list of what data they collect

They are currently offering a $1.50 trial for one month.

The CEO, John Doyle, was a communications specialist in the U.S. Army and worked for Palantir.

Thoughts?

Announcing CoMaps! Navigate with Privacy - Discover more of your journey! in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] lock@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Why not just use the Maps app if your already on iOS?

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Your iPhone model can be found or narrowed down from a simple screenshot (lemmy.ml)
 

When you send a screenshot (even if height/width only is cropped) , the screenshot's width and height can be used to find the iPhone model of someone or narrowed down.

The most unique sized iPhone on the market right now is the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max, as no other phone has the same width and height. So if you send a screenshot people will 100% know your exact phone. The regular iPhone 16 is common with the rest of the other phones and not unique.

If you send a screenshot from a iPhone XR, people can know if you using an iPhone 11 or iPhone XR since they have the same dimension which narrows down alot of options. (828x1792)

You can use this site here to view a list of all the dimensions. Click the iPhone's tab and sort the physical width or height.

If you don't want to expose your phone model, crop both width and height of each screenshot randomly. I would suggest cropping out the top of the phone as it shows your time if you care about that. Some sites like X have random inaccurate dimensions in uploaded screenshots, which is different from the original raw screenshot.

I haven't really checked with android phones, but it's probably the same thing.

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