Volla phone with pre-installed Ubuntu Touch

[alreve]

Hi everybody,

I've been reading about the Volla Phone, which you can buy on the Indiegogo plateform for 359 euros.
It comes with Ubuntu Touch or Volla OS pre-installed. They speak a lot about privacy, VPNs (virtual
private network), etc.

So they won't track me. Fine. But what about the phone network operator? I would still need a SIM
card, wouldn't I ? I mean, to get a phone number and to be able to make and receive phone calls. So
what about that tracking ?

Orange, or "Free", or whatever, need to know where the phone is, otherwise they can't send a signal
to it to make it ring when someone calls me. And they keep logs. How could a VPN possibly stop that?

I'm really puzzled about that concept of a privacy-protecting phone. Is there anyone here who has a
Volla Phone and who could give me a bit more information, so I could decide whether to buy one or
not, please?

[ajgreeny]

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