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You do one self-identifying thing (from the PoV of the mobile network operator) on your phone over network and your IMEI is forever tainted with your identity f
by megous 6y ago
You do one self-identifying thing (from the PoV of the mobile network operator) on your phone over network and your IMEI is forever tainted with your identity from then on.
(Say someone or some corp sends you a two-factor SMS that includes some identifying data)
Purism doesn't have this solved either.
And from the PoV of governement surveillance, lol. Just forget using a PSTN.
- fsflover 6y agoIt's impossible to solve all problem at once. You solve them one by one. Also security is not a boolean (secure or not secure): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security-in-depth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security-in-depth.
- megous 6y agoYes, you're stating the obvious, but this service by Purism solves nothing if you think you're hiding from the mobile network operator this way, without taking other quite extreme measures on top. And whether you've revealed your identity or not is in fact binary. This issue is not about security, but privacy.
- fsflover 6y ago> whether you've revealed your identity or not is in fact binary No, it's not. It is equal to the price/time to find it out. Even though you are right that Purism does not protect from that fully, they do make it harder/more expensive.