▼ Top Reasons You Need a Landline More Than a Smartphone ▼ Pegasus Project ⬆ Ridiculous Mobile Security Myths Debunked ⬆ Images Hyperlinked No question. Cellphones are more convenient portable communication tools than landlines. And yet convenience is too often a killer of security, privacy, and, increasingly, IQ and good mental health. No question. Neither iOS nor Android offer total security and privacy . Regardless how much you pay for your mobile device, how many features, or what advertising, marketing, or PR suggests. In fact, like the highly reputable Citizen Lab , insiders at surveillance vendors like Circles, which works with the notorious NSO Group will tell you: “ You can track any phone number from any country and anywhere in the world. ” This, concisely put, is the SS7 problem every (overrated and overpriced) smartphone faces. As k the world leaders, journalists, victims and household names below: This, ...