MySudo: VoIP with Privacy Focus

Episode 107 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – MySudo: VoIP with Privacy Focus

Gabriel speaks with Paul Ashley of Anonyome Labs: creators of the VoIP service MySudo. The service is essential for privacy users: it allows you to have up to nine legitimate phone numbers organized in a handy app that is zero-knowledge encrypted.

Guest Links
→ https://mysudo.com/
→ https://twitter.com/MySudoApp

Referenced
→ Michael Bazzell’s phone privacy guide: https://inteltechniques.com/book7a.html

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Timeline
0:00 – Introduction
1:00 – Phone privacy realism
2:50 – Available countries for MySudo
5:55 – Is VoIP the future of telephony?
9:16 – Is KYC coming for VoIP?
11:20 – Porting phone numbers to MySudo
12:10 – What info required to sign up for service?
13:30 – How to pay privately for MySudo (special instructions for GrapheneOS)
17:05 – What would MySudo give over with a search warrant?
18:10 – Where is data from MySudo stored?
22:10 – MySudo for PC
25:25 – Would KYC mandate affect current users?
26:25 – MySudo greatly reduces SIM swap risk
27:14 – You MUST back up your MySudo account
32:00 – Technical errors while using MySudo (VPN use)
36:45 – What can customer service see about us?
38:40 – Fewer robocalls with MySudo
39:13 – Email also baked into MySudo: sudomail
42:50 – Virtual credit cards
49:00 – MySudo browser
50:24 – Final thoughts

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