The Company Behind The First Secure Mobile Carrier (Ruddy Wang)

Is it possible to create a private and secure mobile carrier? Cape Mobile thinks so! In this video Jonah sits down with Ruddy Wang, Head of Consumer at Cape to answer questions about the service and to dive into how the privacy & security features work. Timestamps & Questions: 00:00 Intro 01:02 What is Cape Mobile? 02:07 What is Cape's threat model? 03:56 Cape's 2026 Pricing Promotions 08:39 Is Cape sustainable with all the discounts/promos? 11:18 Cape Cellular's referral program 12:09 Light MVNOs vs. Heavy MVNOs for Privacy 16:23 What data does Cape's tower partners collect? 21:10 Cape's carrier switching between AT&T and T-Mobile 22:32 Can AT&T see my IMEI when using Cape? 24:42 The challenges of making a phone with IMEI rotation 25:24 How controlling the SIM card lets Cape protect users 28:14 How much of Cape's budget is R&D? 28:50 How quickly is Cape expanding? 31:16 When does Cape see spikes in user signups? 32:31 The long-term future of Cape.co 35:23 How does Cape's mobile core impact security? 40:33 The data that Stripe provides to Cape 41:31 Can Cape track people with referral codes? 42:48 Do carriers still use 3G in the United States? 44:39 Cape's protections against SS7 attacks 48:54 What is a GTP proxy? 50:52 What's on Cape's roadmap? 52:52 Does RCS work on Cape yet? 54:48 Why was Cape's Last Mile Encryption feature deprecated? 56:19 How disappearing call logs work 58:43 Will Cape support Apple's limit precise location tracking feature? 1:00:09 Anything else that we didn't discuss here? 1:03:48 Outro Please 👍 like and 🔔 subscribe to our channel to support our work and find out about our latest video content! 💬 Join the community: https://discuss.privacyguides.net ❤️ Support our work: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/abou... 🏡 Visit our website: https://www.privacyguides.org You can also donate Monero (XMR) directly to our wallet: https://www.privacyguides.org/donate-... Have a question, comment, or tip for us? You can securely reach us on Signal at @privacyguides.01 https://www.privacyguides.org/en/about/ Copyright ©️ 2026 Privacy Guides. This video is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 International license. You can read the full license text here: https://github.com/privacyguides/priv... YouTube is known for silent censorship and general privacy malfeasance. If you want to discuss this video you can do so on our forum at https://discuss.privacyguides.net in addition to commenting here, and you can follow our channel on the fediverse at: https://neat.tube/c/privacyguides/videos Privacy Guides is a nonprofit project dedicated to promoting privacy, best cybersecurity practices, and digital rights. As a part of MAGIC Grants, a 501(c)(3) public charity, your donation to support our cause may be tax deductible. 🎬 Credits =============== Guest: Ruddy Wang (he/him) Interviewer: Jonah Aragon (he/him) Writer: Jonah Aragon Editor: Jordan Warne (they/them) Producer: Jonah Aragon