I’ve been thinking about this for a bit but I couldn’t come up with anything.

The idea is that you have a VOIP number and some self-hosted VOIP infrastructure connected to a landline phone. WhatsApp, Signal and voice traffic from other apps would be redirected to this landline phone instead of your mobile phone.

Is there a way to do this? How do I get started?

Reasoning: I can now keep my phone isolated, wrapped in a thick towel and inside a solid box to prevent it from eavesdropping on me inside my own house.

Please do not respond with messages like “you’re too paranoid”, it doesn’t help.

Thanks

  • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
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    2 days ago

    use a house phone with only signal installed on it.

    use a different phone user with only signal installed on it (you can use molly to share the same account on multiple phones)

    • marauding_gibberish142@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
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      2 days ago

      It’s still the same problem no? If I can’t DeGoogle a phone then I don’t know what and how much data is being captured. Honestly I really liked the idea to just keep the desktop app running on a separate PC with headphones plugged in. I’m wondering if USB landline converters exist so I can have it ring when a call comes but then I can speak like when I’m wearing headphones.

      Thank you for the suggestion though

      • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
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        2 days ago

        Why can’t you degoogle a phone?

        You can use GrapheneOS, or lineageOS… or a iphone, or a chinese phone…

        Since its your home network you can block all network access except to signal for the phone.