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1 year

Life Without a SIM Card

blog.thenewoil.org English
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    Last week, I wrote about how our phone numbers have evolved into a unique, static ID that companies abuse to track us. As anecdotal evide...
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    • Onno (VK6FLAB)@lemmy.radio
      1 year

      Hmm … the author uses a hotspot connected with a SIM. Their whole argument hinges on not being tracked, but their hotspot is with them all the time. Seems like a massive hole in their privacy argument.

        • dumblederp@aussie.zone
          1 year

          MAC addresses go brrr

            • Draconic NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com
              1 year

              Everyone conviently forgets about MAC address spoofing. Some operating systems let you set a Random MAC address on each connection. It’s great.

              How is it that there are people still unaware of this?

              • Onno (VK6FLAB)@lemmy.radio
                1 year

                😂

                • MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
                  1 year

                  Hotspot location is still tracked by the cell network though.

                  • IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.comdeleted by creator
                    11 months

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                  • oldfart@lemm.ee
                    1 year

                    The first part of the article still holds. You can live on wifi.

                      • EngineerGaming@feddit.nldeleted by creator
                        10 months

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                          • oldfart@lemm.ee
                            1 year

                            What a terrible law. I remember something similar when visiting Germany like 15 years ago, and for whatever reason my roaming didn’t work. I think they got wiser since then because last time I visited there were plenty of hotspots.

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                                    • kat@orbi.camp
                                      1 year

                                      illegal non-KYC number? You can just get a legit one without breaking any laws my dude.

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                              • vimmiewimmie@lemm.eeEnglish
                                1 year

                                While some might criticize the author’s methods, I did learn something cool from this article.

                                https://calyxinstitute.org/membership/

                                Unthrottled, unmetered, (supposedly) truly unlimited internet,

                                For not much more than I pay for my (definitely throttled) mobile service, it’d seem like a fair trade between the two. With certain considerations given to service availability and local network speed.

                                There is even a pixel phone given to members of certain memberships.

                                Something I wanted to make easily available to anyone passing through here.

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                                    • Christobootswiththepher@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                      1 year

                                      So back to burner phones every week?

                                        • Telorand@reddthat.com
                                          1 year

                                          The pursuit of 100% privacy will eat anyone alive, if they let it.

                                            • EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
                                              1 year

                                              You’re not wrong.

                                              Threat model. It’s all about the threat model.

                                                • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
                                                  1 year

                                                  which for most people should just start as “don’t publish every detail of your life online, don’t publish photos and videos of other people online, and DON’T FUCKING PUT YOUR KIDS ONLINE AAAAAAAAAA”

                                                    • Christobootswiththepher@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                                      1 year

                                                      High five, very nice

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