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Many countries now assume you have a phone. For example getting UK visa requires a smartphone. I don't think going without a phone is feasible nowadays. Anothe

by majke 2mo ago

Many countries now assume you have a phone. For example getting UK visa requires a smartphone. I don't think going without a phone is feasible nowadays. Another question is if going with a burner phone that has just sim card and bank card, sufficient. But then you need appleid/google account on the device, and this again links back to your phone number, and it's not easy in practice to have proper clean device.

eru 2mo ago
Well, assume your phone number is public knowledge.
- inigyou 2mo ago
  You can get more than one.
  - eru 2mo ago
    Sure. Assume the one that's attached to your payment is public.
    - inigyou 2mo ago
      Threat modelling. France is unlikely to tell USA if two numbers are owned by the same person without a good reason.
    - wolvoleo 2mo ago
      You can get prepaid ones that you can top up with cash, in many countries you don't have to register them to your name.
leni536 2mo ago
> UK visa requires a smartphone I don't think this is accurate.
- peter_stokes 2mo ago
  she's wrong. i did it on the browser on my desktop. the ui definitely doesn't make it easy to find though.
iamnothere 2mo ago
You can simply use an Apple account for your primary device and a Google account for your burner (or vice versa). Or set up a secondary Apple or Google account. Or use a device/OS that doesn’t require one of these accounts!