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Not anything I'd trust. Use communication software you trust (Signal?) over VPN on IP networks (cell/wifi/wired).

• giantg2 5y ago
  I was mostly wondering if there were any that didn't sell your data, like location and traffic data. I understand that to truly be reasonably secure you would have to take the steps you mentioned... and still wouldn't help with location tracking. I was mostly just interested if there was a company that was focused on consumer protection, then I would prefer to support them by switching to them.
  • hammyhavoc 5y ago
    Why not just use appropriate tools for appropriate tasks? Making PSTN private is a battle you won't win because who you speak to is ultimately going to be the weakest link of any solution, likewise your cellphone itself, and all the infrastructure comms pass through. Secure comms? Matrix protocol. Secure email? Forget it. Secure PSTN? Forget it.
  • gruez 5y ago
    >I was mostly wondering if there were any that didn't sell your data, like location and traffic data Presumably you want this because you don't trust the incumbent mobile network operators (ie. the companies that actually operate their own towers)? If that's the case, it's unclear how going with another company will improve privacy, because they'll most certainly me MVNOs operating on the incumbent mobile network operators' networks. You'll still be exposed by surveillance by the incumbent operators, as well as the state. >and still wouldn't help with location tracking location privacy is fundamentally incompatible with mobile networks. The network has to know here you are (roughly) to route packets to you.