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Even if the individual is privacy focused, careful with the apps on their smartphone, if the cellular service provider pimps out the telemetry there's little on
by Abishek_Muthian 6y ago
Even if the individual is privacy focused, careful with the apps on their smartphone, if the cellular service provider pimps out the telemetry there's little one could do to protect the privacy.
One of the reasons to have 'Non cellular network mobile Internet'[1] via long range hotspots where we could use standard techniques we use to protect ourselves from the ISP.
[1]https://needgap.com/problems/51-non-cellular-network-mobile-internet-telecom-internet https://needgap.com/problems/51-non-cellular-network-mobile-...
- centimeter 6y agoThe best technical option here is to allow for dynamic payment for cellular services (via privacy-preserving payment protocols like Lightning) and no fixed hardware identifiers like IMEI. You just randomize your IMEI/MAC/whatever every time you connect to a new provider. Many of the challenges here are that wireless regulators outlaw such privacy-protecting measures.
- Abishek_Muthian 6y agoHow is 'dynamic payment for cellular services' the best technical option than ditching SIM altogether for WiFi and using encrypted apps for voice calls? More over, no handset level changes or changes to govt. policy is required, user can choose to not have a cellular provider(Parent link has couple of companies doing that in India).
- centimeter 6y agoRange outside of hyperdense urban centers.
- Abishek_Muthian 6y agoFair enough, but any sate of the art technology first reaches the urban center especially when it's privacy focussed.