Senator Reveals Which Phone Companies Protect Privacy by Telling Customers About Government Surveillance; Carriers Did Not Follow Through on Requirement to Notify Senate of Surveillance Demands.

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• who@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  “While AT&T and Verizon only provide notice of surveillance of phone lines paid for by the Senate, T-Mobile has informed my staff that it will provide notice for Senators’ campaign or personal lines flagged as such by the [Senate Sergeant at Arms],” Wyden wrote. “Three other carriers — Google Fi Wireless, U.S. Mobile, and Cape — have policies of notifying all customers about government demands whenever they are allowed to do so. The latter two companies adopted these policies after outreach from my office.”

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  • underline960@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Sounds less like “protecting your privacy” and more like “letting you know when the government is violating your privacy.”

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    • rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      What exactly do you expect them to do other than notify you? They can’t do anything against ESCHELON or Stellar Wind or MYSTIC or PRISM or or or or

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    • masterofn001@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      A surveillance canary

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  • roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    So, only MVNOs will notify you.

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    • Bonesince1997@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Is that what those are? Because all the big name carriers are in the NO column. I don’t have experience with those others in the YES column.

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• MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Are we pretending that they are allowed to notify you?

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• Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Was this supposed to be a link?

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• lol_idk@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m on US Mobile

  Now I just need to figure out how to get on a surveillance watchlist

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• UnpopularCrow@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Cape looks dope. Anyone have experience with their service?

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  • FriskyDingo@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Agreed!

    They gotta bring that price down though. Interested in their future.

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    • demunted@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Geez $100 USD/mo. Sure maybe if you are a super heavy user but that’s rough.

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• user1234@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  US Mobile is the way to go.

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