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Mint mobile. Buy the SIM card with cash. People say they want privacy, but people say a lot of things they don't mean. Instead I look at their actions. No one'
by LogonType10 5y ago
Mint mobile. Buy the SIM card with cash.
People say they want privacy, but people say a lot of things they don't mean. Instead I look at their actions. No one's willing to inconvenience themselves even slightly for privacy.
- stemlord 5y agoI just spent the last couple days on a business trip, trying to do dev work while mobile and even though I have all the latest, common tech it's still death by a thousand cuts. If I'd be doing this kind of thing with obscure distros and hardware I'd probably not have even slept last night. When in a pinch, it really does not seem realistic at all. I don't understand how you guys do it.
- vore 5y agoIt's perfectly reasonable for people to want greater privacy in off-the-shelf products they buy. People shouldn't have to resort to buying SIM cards with cash (???) to preserve their privacy.
- judge2020 5y agoYou can purchase with a debit card to preserve your privacy if you'd like if your debit card is held by an institution that values that sort of thing. But the point of buying SIM cards with cash is to be sure nobody, not even Visa/Mastercard or your bank can tie it back to you. There's a difference between data privacy and having a phone number that isn't linked to your person (besides if someone manually reviews CCTV footage), the OP is advocating for the latter.
- LogonType10 5y agoYes, exactly. There are differences between confidentiality, privacy, and anonymity. It's a Venn diagram. Using effective crypto and self-hosted services gets you confidentiality of your data, but not necessarily anonymity if your hardware, accounts, and payments are tied to your name.
- stevespang 5y agoYou can buy all the SIM cards you want with cash, but the numbers you dial will be made available and by gleaning the data they can determine who you are.
- Ansil849 5y ago> Mint mobile. Buy the SIM card with cash. Where can you buy a SIM card with cash and not have to show any ID? And for bonus points: where you will also not be recorded on CCTV doing so.
- LogonType10 5y agoTry it at your local store, and if they ask, tell them that you don't have an ID card because your wallet got stolen last week. Be a little adventurous. >where you will also not be recorded on CCTV doing so This begs the question on whether you are trying to avoid automated surveillance and correlation or whether you are trying to out-do Usama bin Laden at competitive hide and seek. The more important question is: how long is that CCTV data stored for?
- ineedasername 5y agoYou used to be able to buy mint mobile cards at Best buy, maybe still can.
- dqv 5y agoAt any store. There is no registration requirement for SIM cards in the US. Wearing a mask is completely socially acceptable in the US now :)