Secure smartphone, untraceable?
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Buy a Google phone (one of their Nexus/Pixel ones). Then flush the os and install LineageOS on it (LineageOS – LineageOS Android Distribution), I think this is the best method to have a somewhat secure phone whilst not giving all your data / rights to another third party you cannot oversee / control (as mentioned, Anom/Enchro etc.). LineageOS is at least open source and secure so that might be nice.
One of my prior staff/friends (ex Gov spook hacker) launched a service in Canada a few years ago, one of the biggest drawbacks i saw, and it turned out to be true, is that the phones continuously need updated software so even if they are secure today, they may not be tomorrow, then add in cash flow issues and you have a phone that becomes possibly insecure over time, and/or a brick.
There is ofcourse a hardware direct variant, but there's easier ways to communicate today without using speech.
For example something i sent over to the FEDs (various countries) was the concern i had with spun up blockchains with encrypted messages in the DATA side, etc.
If you are︀ operating in the legal side but just want privacy, go with something standard off the︁ shelf where sold as x.
If working in the Grey/Black you have the issue highlighted︂ above, but also possibility that its a rat trap (HA HA).
IF I WERE A︃ CRIM and/or state actor, i'd bury communications in public messages/boards/transactions or go deep and generate︄ my own. - I don't advise that - but coming from the field (cybersec,hacking,ai-data-harvest etc)︅ can say from exp and logic none of the rest would be 'secure'.
Should add︆ to that - my concern was that terrorists could utilise the technology - they can︇ - easily - cheaply - and quickly move on to other instances - whilst storing︈ in countries with strong privacy rights - or state actors home countries - but accessible︉ everywhere - akin to the dark web but visible on the open web.
Hiding in︊ plain-sight.
Technically a product/service for a security/privacy company i guess also.
There is ofcourse a hardware direct variant, but there's easier ways to communicate today without using speech.
For example something i sent over to the FEDs (various countries) was the concern i had with spun up blockchains with encrypted messages in the DATA side, etc.
If you are︀ operating in the legal side but just want privacy, go with something standard off the︁ shelf where sold as x.
If working in the Grey/Black you have the issue highlighted︂ above, but also possibility that its a rat trap (HA HA).
IF I WERE A︃ CRIM and/or state actor, i'd bury communications in public messages/boards/transactions or go deep and generate︄ my own. - I don't advise that - but coming from the field (cybersec,hacking,ai-data-harvest etc)︅ can say from exp and logic none of the rest would be 'secure'.
Should add︆ to that - my concern was that terrorists could utilise the technology - they can︇ - easily - cheaply - and quickly move on to other instances - whilst storing︈ in countries with strong privacy rights - or state actors home countries - but accessible︉ everywhere - akin to the dark web but visible on the open web.
Hiding in︊ plain-sight.
Technically a product/service for a security/privacy company i guess also.
there is no such thing as wifi sensor, it's wifi module
it doesn't automatically connect to any wifi, it lists them (can help in geolocating)
but it also transmits (or can transmit) the PNL (preferred network list), which basically can tell all the networks you connected too
so wifi is def. a privacy concerne
i read about this long time a go so maybe i got something wrong
please correct me if i did
it doesn't automatically connect to any wifi, it lists them (can help in geolocating)
but it also transmits (or can transmit) the PNL (preferred network list), which basically can tell all the networks you connected too
so wifi is def. a privacy concerne
i read about this long time a go so maybe i got something wrong
please correct me if i did
There is no such thing as a secure smartphone unless you have made it yourself from scratch. The locked firmware of the individual hardware components alone cannot be checked. It does not help to put a supposedly secure open source OS on top.
I am also not an expert but from what I understand is that they remove both GPS / WiFi/ Bluetooth. Some phone models when they remove︀ GPS; WiFi module and Bluetooth also have to be removed or on same chip or︁ something. So phone will only work with SIM. If all of these are removed, and︂ SIM is secure, and you are a using a private distribution application that doesn’t require︃ location permissions, and doesn’t use a phone number, and is using strong encryption, this is︄ best method of privacy. Purchased anonymously. As long as you know the owners of the︅ company are private, and are okay.
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Those old Nokia ones can still be tracked on the cellular network. Also, they offer 0 encryption, so all your communications are completely stored with your ISP/telco. Just because they are not smart phones does not mean they can’t be tracked. Plus; no encryption at all. Also some of them actually do have GPS.
Any GSM-enabled device can be located via the mobile network.
It doesn't make any difference, if it is a smartphone or an old-school Nokia. If the device tries to register to the network, the carrier can track it.
This also applies to smartphones with patched firmware.
The IMEI is not related to the SIM card. It is hardcoded in the phone (but can be changed on some︀ phones).
It doesn't make any difference, if it is a smartphone or an old-school Nokia. If the device tries to register to the network, the carrier can track it.
This also applies to smartphones with patched firmware.
The IMEI is not related to the SIM card. It is hardcoded in the phone (but can be changed on some︀ phones).
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/coman...d-in-fbi-fake-apps-sting-arrested-in-thailand
"If working in the Grey/Black you have the issue highlighted above, but also possibility that its a rat trap (HA HA)."
"If working in the Grey/Black you have the issue highlighted above, but also possibility that its a rat trap (HA HA)."
This is a dead link. 404 error. What’s this about though the An0m thing? Yes it was a trap. Ask yourself why did they go to this trouble? Of course, first for intel, but also to create distrust of encryption, and private systems. Why? Because they do work. Just because one was a trap, doesn’t mean all are. People build them all the time.
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