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Re: anyone using a privacy-protecting cell phone

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> On Jan 31, 2021, at 14:12, Michael Goguen <michael [ dot ] goguen [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com> wrote:
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> is this a new domain for the old oclug list?  Just making sure I am not somehow confusing lists or on a list I didn't subscribe to...
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> I posted a longer post about some potentially contentious or contraversial opinions relating to privacy security and maintaining a healthy balance for users and regulators who manage issues and threats online etc, it didn't seem to make the list, I might repost if this one gets through, but maybe I'll just make sure I"m ont the right list first...
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> it is possible I am not ... fully? subscribed to this list if there was a changeover...? from the oclug domain?
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> thanks in advance.
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>> On Sun, Jan 31, 2021 at 2:01 PM Michael Goguen <michael [ dot ] goguen [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com> wrote:
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>> From: tOM Trottier <tom [ at ] abacurial [ dot ] com>
>> Date: Sun, Jan 31, 2021 at 12:37 AM
>> Subject: Re: [linux] anyone using a privacy-protecting cell phone
>> To: Linux-Ottawa <linux [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org>
>> Cc: Ian! D. Allen <idallen [ at ] idallen [ dot ] ca>
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>> See https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/01/cell-phone-location-privacy.html
>> "“Pretty Good Phone Privacy” (PGPP) protects both user identity and user location using the existing cellular networks. It protects users from fake cell phone towers (IMSI-catchers) and surveillance by cell providers.
>> It’s a clever system. The players are the user, a traditional mobile network operator (MNO) like AT&T or Verizon, and a new mobile virtual network operator (MVNO). MVNOs aren’t new. They’re intermediaries like Cricket and Boost."
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>> -- tOM Trottier
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>> On 22 Jan 2021 at 13:15 re:"[linux] anyone using a privacy-prot..."
>>      Ian! D. Allen(Ian! D. Allen <idallen [ at ] idallen [ dot ] ca>) wrote:
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>> > Hello Linux hive-mind -
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>> > A non-tech friend is trying to get out from under Apple and set up her
>> > cell phone and computers without Microsoft, Google, or Apple looking
>> > over her shoulder.  She is concerned about tracking and privacy.
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>> > I can give her help with her future Linux desktop, but I don't even
>> > own a cell phone so I can't advise on "Linux" cell phones (or any kind
>> > of cell phones).
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>> > Anyone out there in Linux-land with experience they are willing to share
>> > using a cell phone with good privacy that doesn't track you?
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