Privacy

31876 readers

389 users here now

A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.

Some Rules

Posting a link to a website containing tracking isn't great, if contents of the website are behind a paywall maybe copy them into the post
Don't promote proprietary software
Try to keep things on topic
If you have a question, please try searching for previous discussions, maybe it has already been answered
Reposts are fine, but should have at least a couple of weeks in between so that the post can reach a new audience
Be nice :)

Related communities

Chat rooms

[Matrix/Element]Dead
Discord

much thanks to @gary_host_laptop for the logo design :)

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

Dropping Cellular for VoIP? Daily Phone use. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago by OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

42 comments fedilink hide all child comments

This should be far more secure and privacy friendly than a Sim card of a cellular connection. Why isn't this done more often? What are the Pros and Cons. I bet the price is similar as well.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

If you care about security, don't put a Sim card in your phone.

Personally I don't have a VoIP plan. For archaic services that I can't live without and required a phone number, I use google voice or Skype. Its a vulnerability, so avoid if at all possible

[–] refalo@programming.dev 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If you care about security, don’t put a Sim card in your phone.

Depends on what you mean by security... or privacy. You need to define a threat model before any suggestions can be made.

If you're worried about someone hacking into your phone via an app, a sim card likely won't make a difference.

If you're worried about your location being tracked... that can often be done without a sim card or any cellular service on your device.

Then there are malicious carriers (or ones compelled by a government) that could track you without even having legitimate service activated. All phones at least in the US now are mandated to have (A)GPS receivers.

All depends on what your concerns are.

[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

My location isn't being tracked. Not having a SIM card is part of the reason why.

I'm not worried about apps on my phone owning my device. I would be worried about a SIM card owning my device.