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A New Anonymous Phone Carrier Lets You Sign Up With Nothing but a Zip Code (www.wired.com)
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[–] 5 points 11 months ago

So that's where Nick Merrill has gone!

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    [–] 5 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    So we are all going to sign up w/20500 as our zip code⸮Metadata is more important than having a name. GSM+CDMA are anti-privacy technologies.

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Why not 90210?

    I remember reading something many years ago that non US people accessing things that require a US postcode will use that one more frequently then randomly selecting 5 digits.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

    In hopes you read the spoiler, sure, I don't care. 20002 works just as well. Just don't expect privacy on an IMEI tracked business. Third parties will generate even more money tracking those new IMEIs on towers than if Nicholas Merrill gifts these SIMcards for free.
    It's a betting business, your purchase need not be necessary.

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    • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Inb4 this is shown to either be a honeypot or a datamining venture. 🫤

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    • [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    Archive link

    https://archive.is/EgEkS

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    [–] 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

    I'm always questioning these so called 'privacy' cell providers. I've heard of multiple now, including this one. Cape, Helium Mobile, I forgot another one but again, it's really odd.

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