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So tell me how this will work. Will you swap SIM cards just to post anonymously sometimes and let the telecom providers (among others) find out what your other
by lazyjones 8y ago
So tell me how this will work. Will you swap SIM cards just to post anonymously sometimes and let the telecom providers (among others) find out what your other SIM cards are through your device ID? Or will you get a SIM card from another country to use exclusively and pay roaming costs / live with a worse data plan in Austria?
People apparently forget that telecoms providers cooperate with authorities, new legislation is planned for this too.
- yaris 8y agoI cannot say for sure but as I remember EU countries eliminated roaming charges, even for prepaid. OTOH there are not so many EU countries that sell prepaid without ID.
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- tasubotadas 8y agoRoaming costs are basically non-existant these days in the EU. For me it is cheaper to use internet through roaming than buying local plan.
- lazyjones 8y ago> Roaming costs are basically non-existant these days in the EU. Data plans can be limited for other countries, even within the EU (and frequently are), i.e. if your prepaid contract allows 5GB monthly data transfer for free, the provider might limit this to 500MB for roaming and beyond that limit, you can pay a hefty fee per MB. In general, prepaid cards aren't famous for having a generous data plan...
- the_mitsuhiko 8y agoYou need almost no data to register an account.
- vageli 8y agoYou need passport or local id for prepaid purchase, at least in the EU countries to which I've been.
- ficklepickle 8y agoI just bought a vodafone sim in the UK without ID. It is supposed to work all over Europe, but I only tried the Netherlands.
- the_mitsuhiko 8y agoCzechia, Sweden, Finland, Ireland. There are more but plenty to pick from without registration and good prices.
- kaazhan 8y agoBut in eu it's more like 20euros for 100go/month and 25go of roaming. The main problem is tje provider will close your account/ask you to pay more if you use roaming exclusively
- gambiting 8y agoGiffgaff in the UK gives you 20GB for £20 on pay as you go, and it can be used up to that limit anywhere in the EU. And you don't need a passport to get a simcard either.
- Bombthecat 8y ago> giffgaff runs on the O2 network Eh, no thanks
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- vageli 8y ago> So tell me how this will work. Will you swap SIM cards just to post anonymously sometimes and let the telecom providers (among others) find out what your other SIM cards are through your device ID? Or will you get a SIM card from another country to use exclusively and pay roaming costs / live with a worse data plan in Austria? > People apparently forget that telecoms providers cooperate with authorities, new legislation is planned for this too. Also remember that as soon as you connect to the cell phone network, your location is made known. If you ever slip up and use your personal and private sims in a more private place, you are likely to get caught. Coupled with other potential identifier leakage (like device id as you mentioned) the opsec bar is high for this use case.
- mirimir 8y agoYou use remote services that host your SIM card(s) for you. So you basically make VoIP calls that get routed to cellular networks.
- BenjiWiebe 8y agoHow does your phone communicate with the "VoIP" provider?
- mirimir 8y agoYou gotta use WiFi.
- rsync 8y ago"So tell me how this will work. Will you swap SIM cards just to post anonymously sometimes and let the telecom providers (among others) find out what your other SIM cards are through your device ID?" Imagine connecting to the Internet using a non-phone ?