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

  • featured [he/him]@lemmygrad.ml
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    3 days ago

    As somebody else mentioned, using a computer and just taking calls there would work and give you solid control over microphone activation etc. If you really want the landline experience, look into adding a USB handset to that setup. It’ll just act like a mic and headphone from your computer but in the classic phone form factor

    • /home/pineapplelover@lemm.ee
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      2 days ago

      Yeah, Snowden himself says he desolders microphone and camera on his devices. I’m sure a pc with no mic and cam would do just fine. Or go the desolder route. You can use Signal on a burner phone for the initial setup and then take the battery out so now you just have Signal on your presumably private linux pc with nothing on there.