Senator Reveals Which Phone Companies Protect Privacy by Telling Customers About Government Surveillance; Carriers Did Not Follow Through on Requirement to Notify Senate of Surveillance Demands.
Senator Reveals Which Phone Companies Protect Privacy by Telling Customers About Government Surveillance; Carriers Did Not Follow Through on Requirement to Notify Senate of Surveillance Demands.
The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon
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“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.”
Sounds less like "protecting your privacy" and more like "letting you know when the government is violating your privacy."
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.
A surveillance canary
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.
Maybe Google Voice is factored in?
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.