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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 02/09/2026
Cell-site simulators are seeing new adoption among US police. DC Metro PD, NYPD, and Texas State Police have all signed contracts with Israeli firm Cognyte in the past year. EFF has tracked 80+ departments using this tech nationwide. Read the full story: bit.ly/4qXam4Y
responsiblestatecraft.org
This creepy Israeli spy tech is likely operating in a city near you
Police departments across the US are buying phone tracking equipment from Cognyte Solutions
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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 01/09/2026
Comcast's new Wi-Fi Motion feature turns newer Xfinity routers into home motion sensors. Enabling it means Comcast can share the data it generates with third parties, without notifying you, for law enforcement requests, subpoenas, or legal disputes. Full story: bit.ly/46wcXcy
techcrunch.com
Comcast adds motion sensing to millions of its newer routers, with a privacy catch | TechCrunch
A new feature added to Comcast's newest routers can detect if there is motion inside your home without needing traditional motion sensors.
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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 28/08/2026
Cape CEO @jdcape.bsky.social on why we joined the top tech infra providers in calling out the risk of legacy systems: “It was already failing us in telecom–critical infrastructure that’s been breached with serious consequences for everyone.” 🔗 Full article: cyberscoop.com/ai-cyber-def...
cyberscoop.com
100-plus companies call for ‘global surge’ in AI-powered cyber defense
Over 100 leading tech companies, including OpenAI and Microsoft, have signed an open letter calling for a global surge in AI-powered cyber defense to secure critical infrastructure before attacks esca...
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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 27/08/2026
Telecom is perhaps the critical infrastructure that is most mired in legacy systems. Status quo security has exposed us to unacceptable risk before, and is digital suicide in the age of AI. Without collective action toward innovative cyber defense, the consequences will only get worse.
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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 27/08/2026
Cape joins OpenAI and other tech infrastructure providers in calling for greater defense against AI attacks: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/t...
nytimes.com
OpenAI and 100 Others Warn That Window to Defend Against A.I. Attacks Is Narrowing
In an open letter, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and others said a wave of A.I.-enabled cyberattacks was coming and organizations and governments needed to prepare themselves.
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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 21/08/2026
Over the last year, we donated the 1st month of each Cape subscription by GrapheneOS users to GrapheneOS to help fund their independent development. To date, we've donated $89,790.19. Over the next year, we're donating $100,000 to GrapheneOS. Read more: bit.ly/4xU1nU7
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Cape Supports GrapheneOS - Cape
We're donating more than $100,000 to the GrapheneOS project to help fund their independent development.
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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 19/08/2026
A Washington judge ruled T-Mobile violated the state's data breach notification law 722,000+ times, tied to its 2021 breach. The violation isn't the breach itself: the text notifications sent to affected customers didn't meet the state's legal requirements. Full story: bit.ly/4hB7DLP
seattletimes.com
T-Mobile violated WA data breach notification law, judge rules
T-Mobile used text messages to notify hundreds of thousands of Washington customers of its data breach. The court says their content was insufficient.
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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 19/08/2026
A security researcher walks through a real SIM swap attempt against their own account: the swap happened days before the follow-up call ever came, disguised as a routine customer service check-in. Only a passcode stood between the attacker and full takeover. 🔗 Full story: bit.ly/4wBMncD
securityweek.com
When Identity Verification Fails: Lessons from a Real-World SIM Swap and Near Account Takeover
As identity attacks are sophisticated and AI-driven: Identity confidence changes throughout every interaction and should be reassessed continuously as new risk signals emerge.
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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 18/08/2026
T-Mobile is expanding its T-Life customer profiles, pulling in device, network, app, and location data, some of it collected automatically at the account level even if you never open the app. Opting out means hunting through several separate settings. Read the full story: tek.io/4pp21Gk
tek.io
T-Mobile Expands T-Life Profiles: What Data It Uses and How to Opt Out - TechRepublic
T-Mobile is expanding T-Life profiles and interest preferences. See what data its ad programs use, how to opt out, and what IT teams should audit.
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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 18/08/2026
An Israeli surveillance firm is selling $1M+ "spy vans" to US police departments. Built into ordinary-looking SUVs, they force every phone in range to connect to a fake tower and hand over location + device data. Read more: cybernews.com/privacy/us-police-isr…
cybernews.com
US police SUVs can sweep up every nearby phone signal
The controversial devices impersonate legitimate cell towers, compelling nearby phones to connect and revealing their unique identifiers and locations.
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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.mastodon.neat.computer.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026
We'd like to extend our gratitude to Cape for becoming an organizational member of Privacy Guides. Becoming a member is the best way to support our privacy advocacy work and protect privacy rights at a time when the world needs it most 💛 www.privacyguides.org/en/about/dona…
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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 07/08/2026
Here are their findings: ✅ CDRs deleted within our retention policy ✅ Only per-subscriber data kept: daily usage totals, deleted within 60 days Read the full attestation: www.cape.co/blog/disappe...
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Audit of Disappearing Call Logs - Cape
Most carriers retain your call logs and metadata for years, which they use to build detailed profiles of your behavior to sell to ad networks and data brokers. At Cape, we believe your data belongs to...
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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 07/08/2026
We had Trail of Bits independently audit our Disappearing Call Logs feature, where our internal systems delete CDRs after 24hrs instead of the months-to-years telecoms usually keep them.
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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 06/08/2026
#Cape CEO @jdcape.bsky.social sat down with Founders Explain The World to break down all the ways your phone is tracking you, and what you can actually do about it. Full episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=frS2...
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The Real Reason Your Phone Isn't Safe
YouTube video by Founders Explain The World
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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 05/08/2026
New op-ed from our CEO @jdcape.bsky.social: The FCC's proposed rule for carriers enriches telecom databases with personal info that China has already been looking for. Read here: broadbandbreakfast.com/john-doyle-t...
broadbandbreakfast.com
John Doyle: The FCC’s New ID Rule is a Gift to America’s Adversaries
The FCC's proposed ID collection rule would build the exact database Chinese hackers are already inside U.S. telecom networks looking for.
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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 29/07/2026
Cape keeps your calls, texts, and mobile activity private. Now, we’re teaming up with @joindeleteme.bsky.social to help Cape subscribers erase what’s already out there. Cape subscribers get 40% off their first year of DeleteMe.
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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 28/07/2026
Cape joins @eff.org, @accessnow.bsky.social, and other privacy/civil liberty orgs in a letter urging the FCC to reject mandatory ID collection for phone service. Universal KYC would harm survivors, whistleblowers & vulnerable Americans, not stop robocalls. Full letter: www.fcc.gov/ecfs/documen...
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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 20/07/2026
Read more about signaling attacks and how Cape protects our customers from them: www.cape.co/blog/how-cap... And general tips to keep your phone location private: www.cape.co/blog/phone-l...
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How Cape Blocks Hackers Exploiting Telecom Protocols to Monitor You - Cape
Signaling is also one of the most overlooked attack surfaces in mobile security. Cape has built four protections to defend against signaling attacks.
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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 20/07/2026
Signaling network attacks have been around over a decade, and the problem's still not fixed. Now it's being used to target US military personnel overseas. Full conversation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9rKuu5HikU
youtube.com
How Iran Uses Cellular Infrastructure to Target US Military Phones
YouTube video by Cape
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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 17/07/2026
Cape just became the only U.S. mobile carrier with SOC 2 Type 2 certification across all 5 Trust Service Criteria, covering every customer, enterprise and consumer alike. Full report → www.cape.co/blog/soc-2-type-2-compl…
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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 12/07/2026
Massachusetts voted to pass a new privacy rights bill that will ban selling precise geolocation data (applying to residents and visitors alike), require explicit consent for sensitive data, and gives new rights to access and delete personal data. Read the full story: tcrn.ch/3SI0Dm5
techcrunch.com
Massachusetts votes to pass new privacy rights bill that bans sale of precise location data | TechCrunch
The bill is expected to blanket-ban companies and startups from selling people's precise location data across the state.
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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 12/07/2026
A whistleblower complaint filed in 2020 alleges IBM and AT&T covered up repeated breaches by China-nexus APT10, and disclosed none of it to the government. Read the full story: securityboulevard.com/2026/06/ex-ib…
securityboulevard.com
Ex-IBM Exec Accuses Big Blue and AT&T of Covering Up Foreign Data Breaches
IBM is being accused by a former cybersecurity executive of covering up multiple data breaches of its cloud systems by a China-nexus hacking group over several years as much as a decade ago and of hol...
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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 12/07/2026
Verizon's VoLTE network is missing IPsec protection on SIP signaling, leaving users potentially exposed to call interception and spoofing. Verizon promised a fix, then said the requirements weren't actually mandatory, and went quiet. Full story: bit.ly/4f2Op05
cyberinsider.com
Verizon VoLTE network found missing IPsec protections for SIP signaling
Verizon's VoLTE infrastructure lacks IPsec integrity protection on the IMS network, which is required by industry specifications.
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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 11/07/2026
The Supreme Court upheld the FCC's fines against Verizon and AT&T for selling customer location data to third parties. The conduct happened nearly a decade ago. Enforcement just now finished. That's how long accountability takes in telecom. Read the full story: bit.ly/3R8L6uR
bit.ly
Supreme Court upholds FCC’s fines against Verizon, AT&T
The Supreme Court rejected Verizon and AT&T’s constitutional challenge to massive fines imposed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in an 8-1 vote on Thursday.  Chief Justice John Ro…
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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 11/07/2026
Telcos run on 3% R&D, compared to tech companies' 16%. Telcos are just spectrum holding companies, collecting rent on that spectrum by outsourcing infrastructure to a fleet of vendors. Read the full piece: sebastianbarros.substack.com/p/the-…
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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 09/07/2026
The UK proposed new telecom security rules in response to Salt Typhoon. Carriers lobbied against them. Independent signaling detection, service account hardening, and more were all dropped or delayed Read the full story: therecord.media/uk-weakens-telecoms…
therecord.media
UK weakens proposed telecoms defenses against Chinese hackers after industry pushback
Britain has weakened proposed cybersecurity protections for its telecoms networks that were developed in response to the Salt Typhoon espionage campaign, after the companies responsible for implementi...
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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 02/07/2026
In May, Verizon's CEO proposed moving beyond 4 customer segments to thousands. Some call this "segmentation." We call it “using your data to figure out the max you'll pay and charging you exactly that.” Read more: bit.ly/4vHvopK
fierce-network.com
Opinion: I’m afraid telco ‘segmentation’ is going to mean individual pricing
In May, Verizon’s new CEO Dan Schulman spoke at a MoffettNathanson conference, and one thing he said stunned me. | Telecom operators keep talking about segmentation, and it makes me wonder if they’re ...
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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 30/06/2026
We've submitted opposing comments to the proposed FCC rule requiring an ID and address for every phone in the US. The goal of the rule is to stop spammers, but having carriers run an ID registry is not the solution. Read our comments: bit.ly/3R0Hv1Y
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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 25/06/2026
The Pentagon has confirmed adversaries are using commercially purchased location data to target US troops in the Middle East. Read the full story: www.wired.com/story/the-pentagon-kn…
wired.com
The Pentagon Knew Enemies Could Track Troops’ Phones for Years. Now They Are
The US military has long known that cheap fixes could stop location data from exposing its troops. It adopted almost none—and now says adversaries are using the data to target soldiers during a war.
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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 25/06/2026
AI chatbots are giving out people's real phone numbers on request. Cape's secondary numbers help keep your primary out of the data pools that feed these models. Read the full story: www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/13…
technologyreview.com
AI chatbots are giving out people’s real phone numbers
People report that their personal contact info was surfaced by Google AI—and there’s apparently no easy way to prevent it.
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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 23/06/2026
Mobile phishing has surpassed email as the top social engineering threat, with users 40% more likely to engage with a malicious link on mobile than via email. Read the full story: www.cybersecurity-insiders.com/mobi…
cybersecurity-insiders.com
Mobile Phishing surpasses Email Cyber Threat says Research
Mobile phishing surpasses email as a leading cyber threat, exposing users to increased risks through smartphones, messaging apps, and links.
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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 23/06/2026
Privacy has always depended on friction in the time/effort it takes to connect scattered data points to a real person. LLMs may be eliminating that friction entirely. Read the full story: www.technologyreview.com/2026/04/21…
technologyreview.com
How LLMs could supercharge mass surveillance in the US
The technology could make commercially available bulk datasets even more of a privacy concern.
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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 18/06/2026
Cape commissioned The Harris Poll to survey Americans on mobile privacy. The results show that despite a rise in secure comms channels, Americans still use phone calls/texts the most, without understanding the extent cell networks are vulnerable. Read the full findings → www.cape.co/blog/harris-...
cape.co
Harris Poll: Americans Underestimate How Exposed Their Cell Phone Data Is - Cape
Cape commissioned Harris Poll to research and understand how Americans think about mobile privacy, what they believe they control, and where those beliefs diverge from how mobile network operate.
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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 18/06/2026
Thank you to Founder Brew for featuring our CEO John Doyle alongside other veteran founders on the lessons military life brings to building a company. 🔗 Read the full piece: www.founderbrew.com/stories/startup…
founderbrew.com
Startup founders on the lessons they learned from military life
Veteran founders draw on military training to build companies rooted in structure, discipline, and speed.
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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 17/06/2026
Cape CEO John Doyle joined Crossing the Valley to talk about building a privacy-first carrier from scratch, from our $5M seed that became $50M to go live, to how we're becoming America's answer to Huawei. Full episode: youtu.be/V8U4OE5l6Qw?si=lnJiyNGkT-o…
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Ep. 84 - John Doyle, Cape
YouTube video by Crossing the Valley
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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 16/06/2026
Cape is honored to be named a winner of Fast Company's 2026 World Changing Ideas Awards! See the full writeup: www.fastcompany.com/91549081/cape-w…
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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 10/06/2026
See what the ACLU, EFF, and Cape have to say about the FCC's new rule requiring telcos to collect government IDs for every phone line: www.404media.co/fcc-wants-to...
404media.co
FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones By Forcing Telecoms to Get All Customers’ IDs
The FCC wants to legally force telecoms to collect new and renewing customers’ government issued identity number and physical address, impacting everyone from the privacy-conscious to domestic abuse s...
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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 09/06/2026
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger signed SB 338 into law, making the state the third to ban the sale of precise geolocation data. The law takes effect July 1 and covers data that pinpoints a user within a 1,750-foot radius. 🔗 Full Story: bit.ly/4dJdyfA
bit.ly
Virginia Bans Sale of Geolocation Data
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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 09/06/2026
SCOTUS heard arguments in Chatrie v. United States, a case over geofence warrants, which let police demand location data on every device in an area with no specific suspect. A outright ban is unlikely, but some limits may follow. Decision expected early summer. 🔗 Full story: nyti.ms/4nWncyE
nytimes.com
Supreme Court Wrangles With Police Use of Cell Location Data to Find Suspects
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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 06/06/2026
A Florida woman's phone went silent. Minutes later, someone had used her number to reset passwords and drain her accounts--a textbook SIM swap attack. 🔗 Read the full story: www.foxnews.com/tech/sim-swap-scam-…
foxnews.com
SIM swap scam drained Florida woman's bank account in minutes
SIM swap scams let hackers steal your phone number and drain accounts in minutes. Learn how one woman was targeted and how to protect yourself.
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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 04/06/2026
Google's reCAPTCHA now requires Play Services to pass verification, which means de-Googled phones like GrapheneOS fail by default. Choosing a privacy-first OS shouldn't mean getting locked out. These alternatives should be accommodated, not penalized. 🔗 Read the full story: bit.ly/4urTtj3
androidauthority.com
Google's next-gen reCAPTCHA system could spell trouble for de-Googled phones
Google has introduced a Play Services requirement for passing its next-generation ReCAPTCHA system, which is bad news for de-Googled phones.
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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 03/06/2026
EPIC audited 38 major data companies and found opt-out forms are deliberately built to fail. What if opt-out was the default? At Cape, it is. We don't collect your data to begin with. Read the full story: bit.ly/4dI6b81
wired.com
Data Brokers’ and AI Firms’ Opt-Out Forms Are Built to Fail, Report Finds
A new study finds AI companies, defense firms, and dating apps are among 38 data collectors allegedly using manipulative design to confuse users while collecting their data.
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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 02/06/2026
With ~$200 of hardware and a few silent calls, an attacker can confirm your location using standard 4G/5G protocol behavior. Cape's IMSI rotation shifts your paging timeslot regularly, cutting off tracking at the network level. Read the full post: bit.ly/4x33i9i
cape.co
How IMSI Rotation Defends Against Paging Attacks - Cape
Paging is the background process that occurs when your phone listens for the network to reach out. It's invisible, automatic, and without proper protections, can be exploited.
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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 02/06/2026
"Price lock" language is used by carriers to convince you to stay, but most price locks don't cover taxes, fees, and surcharges. At Cape, the price you see is the price you pay. We absorb all taxes and fees, so you know what you're paying each month. 🔗 Read the breakdown: bit.ly/4tZHauB
lightreading.com
Your carrier's price lock may not lock your price
AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Charter and Comcast made big promises to customers in 2025. Not all of them locked your actual bill.
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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 29/05/2026
We're excited to announce our support for Surveillance Watch, who is mapping the global surveillance industry so the rest of us can understand it, and @kagi.com, a user-funded search platform with no ads or tracking, and free for Cape subscribers for 3 months. Read more: www.cape.co/blog/on-buil...
cape.co
On Building a Better Stack - Cape
Cape is proud to announce our support for Surveillance Watch and Kagi, two projects whose works we deeply respect.
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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 29/05/2026
Ad-based search optimizes for engagement, not accuracy. @kagi.com flips the model: user-funded, no ads, no tracking. Just results. We're proud to partner with Kagi to provide all #Cape subscribers with Kagi Pro free for three months. Learn more: www.cape.co/blog/on-buil...
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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 28/05/2026
The surveillance industry is vast and deliberately opaque. Surveillance Watch maps out the companies involved, and their connections and reach, so the rest of us can see what we're actually up against. We're proud to support their work. Learn more: cape.co/blog/on-building-a-better-stack
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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 23/05/2026
The Supreme Court is deciding if the FCC can fine carriers for selling user location data. Ten years after selling customer data, enforcement remains uncertain. No matter how SCOTUS rules, at #Cape, we believe cellular networks should be private by design. 🔗 Full Story: bit.ly/4ulXLJi
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Telco Privacy Violation? Fine! No, Telco Privacy Violation, Fine. Supreme Court to Determine if FCC Can Charge Telcos for Data Breaches
The intersection of constitutional law and cybersecurity enforcement, specifically the Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial in regulatory data privacy cases. Central Conflict: Whether federal agenc...
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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 09/05/2026
A period tracking app secretly shared users' reproductive health data with Meta to build and profit from ad profiles. Big tech isn't the only one doing this. Your carrier knows where you sleep, who you call, and where you go. Learn more: bit.ly/42kWCWg 🔗 Full Story: bit.ly/4tra6e7
femtechdesigndesk.substack.com
Your period tracking app has been yapping about your flow to Meta
What does this vagueness by-design mean for how we choose to self monitor our biological markers?
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Cape Cellular @cape.co · 07/05/2026
Researchers identified a hack-for-hire group that targeted journalists, activists, and government officials across the Middle East and North Africa via phishing to access iCloud backups and Signal accounts, and deployed Android spyware to take over devices. Full story: tcrn.ch/4u0FwZV
tcrn.ch
Hack-for-hire group caught targeting Android devices and iCloud backups | TechCrunch
Security researchers exposed a spying campaign by a hack-for-hire group that used Android spyware and phishing to steal iCloud credentials and hack victims’ devices.
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