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A New Anonymous Phone Carrier Lets You Sign Up With Nothing but a Zip Code (www.wired.com)

submitted 1 month ago by cm0002@europe.pub to c/privacy@programming.dev

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[–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 5 points 1 month ago (1 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.

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (4 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.

[–] imrighthere@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

I will confirm that for you. Have used it many times since it was well known due to the show. I could not name another one to save my life.

[–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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.
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