“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.”
Google playing both sides.
As expected. Would like to point out that they were the only ones from the listed carriers that notified all customers, prior to being asked by the Senator’s office.
Shocked AF that they are on the list at all since they buy their network time from T-Mobile.
Sounds less like “protecting your privacy” and more like “letting you know when the government is violating your privacy.”
A surveillance canary
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
of course but still what if we wouldn’t spread false things. if they are not allowed to protect my privacy, we shouldn’t (and neither should them) cqll it protecting our privacy, because that’s simply false and misleading
OK, fair enough.
So, only MVNOs will notify you.
Is that what those are called? All the big name carriers are in the NO column. I don’t have experience with those others in the YES column.
Mobile Virtual Network Operators. They’re only buying capacity on other operators’ networks.
Cape looks dope. Anyone have experience with their service?
Agreed!
They gotta bring that price down though. Interested in their future.
I’m on US Mobile
Now I just need to figure out how to get on a surveillance watchlist
Was this supposed to be a link?
US Mobile is the way to go.
Are we pretending that they are allowed to notify you?
