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submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by wesker@lemmy.sdf.org to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

What the title says. I'm trying to discern if using a number acquired and served through JMP for phone and text, versus a mobile carrier, provides a better data security and privacy experience.

On the one hand I wouldn't be subject to the almost yearly data breaches that a number of the carriers experience, nor their potential snooping. However on the other, I'm not sure if using JMP and Cheogram actually provides any increase in privacy or security on that front?

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[-] rhymepurple@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 days ago

It depends on what your threat model is. For example, do you want to mitigate the ability to easily link accounts and other information to you based on a single phone number? If so, then this will help with that assuming you (at least temporarily) use multiple numbers through JMP. On the other hand, if you want your communication to be private then there are better alternatives.

Ultimately, this is similar to using a privacy respecting email provider over gmail. Unless you take some additional precautions, your communications have a similar security/privacy exposure. It can be an improvement (assuming you trust JMP), but it is not the best means of communication in terms of privacy.

[-] utopiah@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago

assuming you trust JMP

Any 3rd party security audit that would help on this specifically?

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