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Stuff about Cape Cellular and privacy.

Cape Hired Private Investigators to Track Their Own Phones. They Couldn't.

Cape paid a professional PI firm to try tracking Cape devices for 60 days using every legal method available. The results say more than any marketing claim.

How Cape Handles Law Enforcement Requests (And Why It Matters)

Cape is CALEA-compliant, meaning they can be compelled to assist with wiretaps. But their data retention policies make most government requests impossible to fulfill.

GrapheneOS + Cape: The Complete Mobile Privacy Setup

GrapheneOS handles device-level privacy. Cape handles network-level privacy. Together they cover every layer of your mobile security. Here's how the stack works.

How IMSI Catchers Work and Why Your Carrier Can't Protect You

IMSI catchers are fake cell towers that can track your location and intercept your calls. Your carrier knows about them and does nothing. Here's how they work.

Salt Typhoon: Why Your Phone Carrier Is a National Security Problem

The Salt Typhoon hack proved that the big carriers can't protect your data from nation-state attackers. Here's what happened and what it means for regular people.

SIM Swap Attacks: How They Work and Why a PIN Won't Save You

SIM swap attacks cost crypto holders millions and compromise two-factor authentication for everyone. The big carriers' solution of account PINs keeps getting bypassed.

SS7: The 50-Year-Old Vulnerability Your Carrier Refuses to Fix

SS7 lets anyone with network access intercept your calls, read your texts, and track your location in real time. The major carriers have known about it for over a decade.

Everything Your Phone Carrier Knows About You

Your carrier tracks where you sleep, where you work, who you call, and sells that data to brokers. Here's the full picture of what they collect and what they do with it.

Cape vs Every Other Phone Plan: A Real Price and Feature Comparison

How Cape's $70/month plan stacks up against T-Mobile, Verizon, US Mobile, and Mint on price, data, privacy, and security features. Real numbers from each carrier.

Cape vs Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile: What's Actually Different

A straightforward comparison of what Cape does differently from the big carriers on privacy, data collection, and network security.

Is Cape a Honeypot? What We Actually Know

Cape keeps showing up in privacy communities and people are asking if it's legit. Here's what the evidence says about Cape's funding, infrastructure, and whether it could be a government trap.

Is Cape Worth $70 a Month? A Realistic Breakdown

Cape costs more than most phone plans. Here's when that price makes sense, when it doesn't, and how to bring it down to $0.

What Is Cape Cellular and Why People Are Switching

A look at Cape, the privacy-first phone carrier charging $70/month with no contracts, no data selling, and a referral program that can make your plan free.

Articles are written with AI assistance. All claims, pricing, and feature details have been verified against primary sources.