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It feels like the steps taken to improve anonymity are really arbitrary, without any particular threat model. 'Randomly' taking a bus you never take to a city
by jalada 11y ago
It feels like the steps taken to improve anonymity are really arbitrary, without any particular threat model.
'Randomly' taking a bus you never take to a city you've never been to and never go to again just to buy a phone, sit in a coffee shop for 5 minutes, and go home, sounds like a good way to make someone pay attention to what you're doing.
And if you think that's too much paranoia, I'm pointing it out because number 8 on this list says 'never use the phone from a place you routinely go', which feels like it's on a similar level.
- 746F7475 11y agoOf course you can (and probably should) be "sneaky" about it and have alter motive to go to that city, say you go to a concert or maybe it has better movie theater or maybe there is some kind of conference. About using the phone in places you don't routinely go, I can think of at least couple places like coffee shops that are within range of another public wifi which I don't normally associate with.