GlenRambo

u/GlenRambo@jlai.lu
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Hijacking as I've done on other posts. In my country all 3 major tellcos needed to verify phones can call emergency on VoLTE.

FP5 does this. For whatever reason the telcos cant "conform" that (its not sold here but important and DOES work) so the device is blocked at a network level.

Not blocked just for calls but even data.

Phone is now a brick. Double brick once the Android changes roll through.

on Signal in 2026? · c/privacy · 3 pts · 144d

Oh yeah. As another comment pointed out. Users can control this by using hidden notifications. Not a sigbal issue.

Not defending this bullshit but O title is "Nevada police may be tracking your phone’s location without a warrant. Here’s how"

With relevant part

Although Fog Data says that their data is made anonymous and “linked to devices … not people,” the company says the tool can help access information that “would otherwise remain hidden.” The company has a tool on their website that allows individuals to opt out of their databases.

on me_irl · c/me_irl · 2 pts · 146d

True. But is the user accoint from 11 years ago. Or are you comparing an interesting from 11 years ago to AI today.

on me_irl · c/me_irl · 6 pts · 146d

Except Reddit IS all AI posts now. Dead internet theory realtiy.

on *Permanently Deleted* · c/privacy · 4 pts · 147d

Keepass with syncthing seems to be fine for passwords.

I think email is a rabbitbhole so leave that for the pros.

Not shitting on the idea but I bought a FairPhone5 that includes to what this suggests. Each main component (so not chipset) can be unscrewed and replaced easily, chsrgrt port, camera, speaker, removable battery.

As of next month every major telco that owns infrastructure in the contrary will have blocked the IMEI (the first part identifies the phone and model) and will be unusable. Even unusable with a data only sim.

It will only work on WiFi.

Guess im just venting but id love to see how this concept could help in the situation.

WhatsApp and meta have had a number of data breaches and accoint losses due to how the technology functions.

Signal is so secure that Defence use it. There's articles of russia "hacking" singal but looking into them shows it's only via social enginnnering to scan a QR code. Its so secure from accoint and data loss that signal literally can only give minimal evidence in court (compared to the Proton VPN stuff recently).

But TBH you might want to look into "How convince people of Y when they want X". Your friends want vinilla and you want chocolate. Its not specifically about WhatsApp vs signal.