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Saw this ad - what do we know about Cape? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) by collar@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Happy to see a privacy-focused carrier, and it has better policies than any other carrier out there. But founder is formerly from Palantir and there’s a lot of VC money behind it (not inherently a problem, just flagging).

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[–] collar@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

So, they have their own phone that is for high risk individuals and is not available to the general public. Then, separately they have their own mobile network that you can use with any regular phone and they sell Pixels on their website (for $50, you can have them pre-load GraphineOS). The AD i posted is for their cellular network, which is not related to their own first-party device.

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 4 points 18 hours ago

It's a good call to post, but waaay too soon IMO too bother with it. It might simply be flash in the pan marketing for VC funding and not work. It might be a total scam. It might be legit and poorly run. It might be the real deal. It's hard to say without more data.

[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

You should not use a phone with preloaded graphene without first checking the hash. It's also kind of insane to charge $50 for it, when Graphene's web installer just has you click buttons to install. You can even use another phone to do it.

[–] collar@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

100% agree. I would definitely not have them install graphene for you. Do it yourself so you know what’s in the installation