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I think this is a nice idea, a way to serve the underserved. However, from the front page: > We do not judge the motivations of our users In an age of doxing,

I think this is a nice idea, a way to serve the underserved. However, from the front page: > We do not judge the motivations of our users In an age of doxing, swatting, and cold-calling telemarketers, I hope that some tracability (at least by the network operators themselves) is in there. What is really needed everywhere is personal responsibility and accountability, but, seeing as how that's in short supply on Earth, we need dogs to guard our chicken coops. Good luck with your good intentions; I hope it is a help to society, and not another brick in the wall of technological misery.

Etheryte 2y ago
As far as I can tell, what they provide is essentially old school phone booths, just without requiring a coin. That is as anonymous as it used to be, just now it's free. It doesn't really work for scams or etc in any modern sense because it doesn't scale. You can only have one call going at a time.
kotaKat 2y ago
As Telstra put it, after making all public payphones free in Australia: "Hugh Jass, Anita Bath, and Ivana Tinkle are always welcome at our payphones". https://x.com/Telstra/status/1428566347491909640 https://x.com/Telstra/status/1428566347491909640
- MrMcCall 2y ago
  Dick Hurtz was disappointed he didn't make the list.
guerrilla 2y ago
Who's to say this isn't a honeypot? It sounds like it's organized by anarchists, but if I were a three-letter agency making a honeypot, that's exactly how I'd sound too.
CoastalCoder 2y ago
The upside of accountability is that is helps prevent/remediate bad actions. But anonymity can be a crucial tool for resisting evil regimes. I wish there were a perfect solution.
- MrMcCall 2y ago
  It appears to be an extremely difficult problem involving serious tradeoffs in each direction. The only real solution is to have honorable actors on both sides: the citizenry and their govt. What that means is that we're left with, at best, trying to find the second best solution.

Etheryte 2y ago

As far as I can tell, what they provide is essentially old school phone booths, just without requiring a coin. That is as anonymous as it used to be, just now it's free. It doesn't really work for scams or etc in any modern sense because it doesn't scale. You can only have one call going at a time.

kotaKat 2y ago

As Telstra put it, after making all public payphones free in Australia: "Hugh Jass, Anita Bath, and Ivana Tinkle are always welcome at our payphones". https://x.com/Telstra/status/1428566347491909640 https://x.com/Telstra/status/1428566347491909640

MrMcCall 2y ago
Dick Hurtz was disappointed he didn't make the list.

guerrilla 2y ago

Who's to say this isn't a honeypot? It sounds like it's organized by anarchists, but if I were a three-letter agency making a honeypot, that's exactly how I'd sound too.

CoastalCoder 2y ago

The upside of accountability is that is helps prevent/remediate bad actions. But anonymity can be a crucial tool for resisting evil regimes. I wish there were a perfect solution.

MrMcCall 2y ago
It appears to be an extremely difficult problem involving serious tradeoffs in each direction. The only real solution is to have honorable actors on both sides: the citizenry and their govt. What that means is that we're left with, at best, trying to find the second best solution.