Unprecedented location and identity protection from hackers and data brokers

Cape, the only cloud-based mobile carrier designed with privacy at its core, today launched an ultra-secure cell phone service tailored for individuals at high risk of digital attacks, including public figures like elected officials, corporate executives, and journalists. Originally designed alongside national security professionals, Cape’s product offers unparalleled protection against carrier compromise, location stalking, malicious signaling, cell site simulators, and SIM swapping.

“Most privacy solutions—like specialized apps or burner phones—focus primarily on app and device-level threats,” said Andy Makridis, former Chief Operations Officer of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). “Yet, some of the most serious vulnerabilities stem from network-level weaknesses. By addressing both device and network security, Cape offers a broader layer of protection against sophisticated threats.”

Cape operates as a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) with a unique advantage: it runs its own mobile core—the software that governs sensitive subscriber data in cellular communications. Cape limits the collection of personal data, dictates how subscribers authenticate, and manages call routing, internet connections, and data sharing, thus ensuring robust protection against common threats to mobile privacy. Cape’s mission to provide connection without compromise is not limited to individuals facing elevated threats, the company will launch a product offering security and privacy to the broader market early next year.

“National security professionals have long understood that the information broadcast by a cell phone can reveal a person's identity, location, and activities with potentially mission-critical consequences,” said John Doyle, CEO of Cape. "However, many outside of government—such as corporate leaders, high-net-worth individuals, and investigative journalists—are increasingly targeted by sophisticated attackers. The stakes are often just as high, including risks to reputations, fortunes, sensitive information, and even personal safety.”

Exclusive Features:

Unlike privacy apps, VPNs, and browsers, Cape addresses vulnerabilities at the cellular network level, where many of the most pernicious attacks originate. The following features help protect individuals with elevated threat profiles:

• Location Obfuscation: Allows users to change unique identifiers associated with their mobile devices, helping to prevent location tracking and profiling by malicious actors.
• Ad Identifier Rotation: Disrupts the collection of data about a subscriber's app usage and browsing behavior, undermining the ability of advertisers and data brokers to profile and target them.
• Enhanced Signaling Protection: Going beyond industry-standard firewalls, Cape’s proprietary tech guards against “signaling” or “SS7” attacks, which allow attackers to intercept calls and texts, and track location.
• SIM Swap Protection: Robust account authentication, based on modern and expert-vetted cryptology, to prevent unauthorized SIM transfers.
• Data Privacy Commitment: Requires the minimum amount of personal information from subscribers to get service, and deletes system data when it’s no longer needed.

High-Risk Individuals Include:

• Public figures like elected officials, high-level corporate executives, and celebrities with access to sensitive and proprietary information who are at risk of location stalking and SIM swaps/social media breaches.
• Lawyers, health care providers, and cybersecurity firms and others that work with confidential clients and sensitive information;
• Journalists and activists whose work exposes them to digital surveillance and location tracking. Similarly, domestic abuse survivors who are tracked by their abusers.

Cape collects the minimum amount of user data needed to offer service and never sells subscriber data. Cape’s Privacy Principles are available here and more information about the Cape service is available at cape.co.

About Cape

Cape is a pioneering privacy-first mobile carrier built to restore individuals’ control over their mobile identity. It provides premium wireless coverage with minimal data collection and a commitment to never monetize subscriber data. Customers get SIM swap protection, defense against network-level signaling attacks, hardened account security, and blazing-fast nationwide 5G and 4G coverage.

Cape is trusted by innovators in security and technology. The company has raised $61M from investors such as A*, Andreessen Horowitz, Costanoa Ventures, ex/ante, Point72 Ventures, XYZ Ventures, Forward Deployed VC, and Karman Ventures. Its research partners include leading institutions in cybersecurity, such as Virginia Tech, the University of Maryland, the Air Force Research Laboratory, and others.

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