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Command and Control isn't just radios and satellites anymore.

Ukraine proved that the modern battlefield runs on commercial cellular. By blending tactical traffic with civilian data, it lets operators hide in plain sight.

Cape’s Drosten Fisher broke down the shift at #WEST2026.

#Cape is live on buses in DC, send us a photo if you spot them! 📸

Product Feature: Last-Mile Encrypted Texting - Cape SMS are unencrypted, yet we use it to receive OTPs for our most sensitive accounts. Cape is excited to announce Last-Mile Encrypted Texting within the Cape app. When enabled, SMS/MMS messages are rout...

Last-Mile Encrypted Texting is here. No more relying on unencrypted SMS for sensitive messages or OTPs with #Cape

🔗 Read more:
www.cape.co/blog/product...

Product Feature: Secondary Numbers - Cape Your phone number is a critical, universal identifier, yet the modern digital economy routinely demands you to share it. Cape's new Secondary Numbers feature provides customers access to two additiona...

🎉 #Cape has launched Secondary Numbers as an Experimental Feature in the Cape app! Subscribers get 2 free additional real phone numbers for SMS/MMS. No more insecure VoIP workarounds.

🔗 Read more:
https://www.cape.co/blog/product-feature-secondary-numbers

Product Feature: 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...

Introducing Disappearing Call Logs.

Other carriers store your call and text logs for years, creating a massive trail of digital exhaust. #Cape is built to forget. We delete your CDRs after just 1 day.

🔗 Read more here:
https://www.cape.co/blog/product-feature-disappearing-call-logs

We Hid a Free Trip to Switzerland in Our Privacy Policy. Someone Found It in 2 Weeks. - Cape At Cape, we believe privacy policies should be accessible and written in plain language. Together with our partners at Proton, we decided to hide an "Easter egg" inside our policy: a free round-trip g...

🔓 Today is Data Privacy Day!

To see if anyone actually reads the fine print, Cape and @proton.me hid an all-expenses-paid trip to Switzerland inside our Privacy Policy.

Someone found it in just two weeks.

Read the full story: www.cape.co/blog/easter-...

This new privacy-focused phone service is designed to keep your phone from getting hacked Cape, which offers a range of enhanced privacy and security measures, is now offering service across the United States.

🚀 Cape's Beta is over. We're officially live, and bringing a new standard for mobile privacy.

🔗 Read more: https://www.fastcompany.com/91481000/this-new-privacy-focused-phone-service-is-designed-to-keep-your-phone-from-getting-hacked

Beta is Over. Cape is Live. - Cape Cape Beta is over. Hear from Cape's Founder and CEO, John Doyle, about what's coming.

🎉 Cape’s Open Beta is over!

We are now live for general availability, with several new features and updates, and a lot more coming soon. http://cape.co/blog/beta-is-over-cape-is-live

Mobile carrier hides Easter egg in privacy policy – reader wins Europe trip A hidden “privacy Easter egg” inside Cape Mobile’s policy sent one reader on a free Switzerland trip, exposing how rarely consumers actually read the fine print.

We hid a free trip to Switzerland in our Privacy Policy to see if anyone was looking.

It only took two weeks for one sharp reader to win.

The full story: https://cybernews.com/privacy/cape-mobile-privacy-policy-easter-egg-switzerland-trip/

China hacked our mobile carriers. So why is the Pentagon still buying from them? Because America’s enemies are real enough – our own red tape should not be one of them.

"America’s enemies are real enough – our own red tape should not be one of them."

Read the full piece by Cape CEO @jdcape.bsky.social: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2026/01/china-hacked-our-mobile-carriers-so-why-is-the-pentagon-still-buying-from-them/

Product Feature: Identifier Rotation - Cape Identifier Rotation is now live in the Cape app.

Identifier Rotation feature is NOW LIVE for Cape users on select devices—appear as a new person on the network every 24 hours, disrupting tracking and profiling.

Update your Cape app, and check Experimental Features.

Read more about how it works here: cape.co/blog/product...

FCC eliminates cybersecurity requirements for telecom companies Commissioners sharply disagreed over whether the rules were appropriate and necessary.

FCC has officially voted to eliminate minimum telecom security standards implemented in response to the Salt Typhoon hacks.

Cape's secure network will still be here, with or without regulation.

https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/fcc-eliminates-telecom-cybersecurity-requirements/806052/

Hacker Behind Obama and Bezos Twitter Hack Ordered to Repay $5.3M in Bitcoin - FinanceFeeds British authorities said Monday they are seeking to recover 42 bitcoin and other crypto assets tied to Joseph James O’Connor, the British hacker who stole

The hacker behind the massive 2020 SIM swap attack, which gained access to 130 accounts, including Obama, Bezos, Gates, etc. must repay $5.3 million in Bitcoin assets seized from the crime.

https://financefeeds.com/hacker-behind-obama-and-bezos-twitter-hack-ordered-to-repay-5-3m-in-bitcoin/

A Simple WhatsApp Security Flaw Exposed 3.5 Billion Phone Numbers By plugging tens of billions of phone numbers into WhatsApp’s contact discovery tool, researchers found “the most extensive exposure of phone numbers” ever—along with profile photos and more.

A security flaw let researchers scrape data on 3.5 BILLION active WhatsApp accounts by bypassing rate limits and collecting public profile photos and "about" text, creating the largest phone number exposure ever recorded.

https://bit.ly/484Xwd6

Has The U.S. Become A Surveillance State?

Must-watch video: US government spying is increasingly outsourced to the private sector (big tech/data brokers).

The good news? The private sector is also where innovators are building the next generation of privacy and security solutions to fight back

🔗 Full video here: https://bit.ly/4p4fC53

How First Wap Tracks Phones Around the World From telecom protocols to a 1.5 million row dataset, here’s how we uncovered the reach and tactics of a mercenary phone-tracking company

Lighthouse Reports explains how the massive First Wap/Altamides surveillance operation happened: it hinged on exploiting the outdated SS7 telecom protocol to track thousands of individuals’ phones globally.

Read more: https://www.lighthousereports.com/methodology/surveillance-secrets-explainer/

Dem lawmakers renew calls for release of delayed telecom security report In a letter to DHS and ODNI, Sens. Ron Wyden of Oregon and Mark Warner of Virginia said the release of a 2022 report detailing cyber vulnerabilities in the U.S. telecommunications sector is “criticall...

Lawmakers are demanding release of a 2022 CISA report on massive security flaws in US telecom, arguing that the delay undermines and prevents the adoption of security standards.

https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2025/11/dem-lawmakers-renew-calls-release-delayed-telecom-security-report/409518/

Google Fi data breach let hackers carry out SIM swap attacks Google Fi, Google's U.S.-only telecommunications and mobile internet service, has informed customers that personal data was exposed by a data breach at one of its primary network providers, with some ...

A Google Fi data breach allowed hackers to launch successful SIM swap attacks, bypass SMS-based 2FA, and hijack customer accounts.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-fi-data-breach-let-hackers-carry-out-sim-swap-attacks/

Phone location data of top EU officials for sale, report finds | TechCrunch Journalists in Europe found it was "easy" to spy on top European Union officials using commercially obtained location data sold by data brokers, despite the continent having some of the strongest data...

Location data for top EU officials is reportedly for sale on the commercial data market, despite GDPR regulations.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/04/phone-location-data-of-top-eu-officials-for-sale-report-finds/

WhatsApp's Username Feature Lets You Connect Without Sharing Your Number - Phandroid WhatsApp is rolling out usernames in beta, letting users chat without phone numbers. Reserve yours now for better privacy and spam control.

WhatsApp is testing usernames, allowing people to connect without sharing their phone number, and giving users greater control over their personal data and reducing spam exposure.

https://phandroid.com/2025/10/07/whatsapps-username-feature-lets-you-connect-without-sharing-your-number/

Someone Snuck Into a Cellebrite Microsoft Teams Call and Leaked Phone Unlocking Details The leaked slide focuses on Google Pixel phones and mentions those running the security-focused GrapheneOS operating system.

In a major breach, details about phone-hacking firm Cellebrite's ability to unlock Google Pixel phones were leaked after someone snuck onto a private Microsoft Teams call.

https://www.404media.co/someone-snuck-into-a-cellebrite-microsoft-teams-call-and-leaked-phone-unlocking-details/

Free and untraceable cell service offered to activists, journalists, domestic abuse victims The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Cape Mobile are offering free cell service to activists, journalists, and abuse victims to protect digital privacy rights.

We're proud to support journalists, activists, and all those who contribute to a free society by offering them free #Cape service.

Read more here: cybernews.com/privacy/eff-...

#Cape is excited to launch our new program providing free secure cell service to journalists and activists at risk of digital surveillance.

Applicants will be reviewed by our partners at the @eff.org

🔗 Learn more here: cape.co/journalists-...

Cape Cape is premium wireless coverage with an added layer of personal security. Talk, text, and live with the confidence that you’re protected.

#Cape is proud to support @grapheneos.org, a secure, privacy-first mobile OS, by donating the entire first month of each Cape subscription by a GrapheneOS user to the GrapheneOS team.

Read more: www.cape.co/blog/cape-su...

🎉 Cape is honored to be recognized in the 2025 Military and Aerospace Electronics Innovators Awards Program! #MAEInnovatorsAward

Read more: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251021659872/en/Cape-Recognized-on-2025-Military-Aerospace-Electronics-Innovators-Awards

Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypte...

New research shows geostationary satellites transmit large amounts of unencrypted data, including calls, texts, corporate info, and military data, that can be intercepted with just $800 in gear.

Read the full story: https://bit.ly/43pFNdo

Exclusive: Fake cellphone tower may have surveilled protesters at Portland ICE facility Law enforcement officials may have deployed a secretive cellphone surveillance technology last weekend at Portland’s ICE facility.

A fake cell tower was used to surveil protesters at an ICE facility, tricking every phone in the area into connecting and handing over personal data.

https://san.com/cc/exclusive-fake-cellphone-tower-likely-surveilled-protesters-at-portland-ice-facility/

ICE bought vehicles equipped with fake cell towers to spy on phones  | TechCrunch The federal contract shows ICE spent $825,000 on vans equipped with “cell-site simulators” which allow the real-world location tracking of nearby phones and their owners.

ICE paid $825K for vehicles with fake cell towers to track phones. This tech tracks targets but also captures data from all innocent bystander phones nearby.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/07/ice-bought-vehicles-equipped-with-fake-cell-towers-to-spy-on-phones/

In 2020, hackers stole $37M via SIM swap from a crypto trader using T-Mobile. New court docs show that hackers saw T-Mobile as an easy target, with fewer security guardrails and employees with less training and more access.

https://bit.ly/4nSCovS

To receive testimony on threats and challenges posed to Department of Defense personnel and operations from adversarial access to publicly available data coupled with advanced data analysis tools now ... Meeting for Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities on October 7, 2025 at 10:30 AM

Yesterday, #Cape’s CEO @jdcape.bsky.social testified in Congress on threats and challenges posed to Department of Defense related to adversarial access to sensitive information:

📹 Watch the full hearing: www.armed-services.senate.gov/hearings/to-...