Is there any reasonable/not a huge pain in the ass way of paying for your phone contract without it being in any way tied to your real identity? communism ( @communism@lemmy.ml ) Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 2 months ago message-square29fedilinkarrow-up126
arrow-up126message-squareIs there any reasonable/not a huge pain in the ass way of paying for your phone contract without it being in any way tied to your real identity? communism ( @communism@lemmy.ml ) Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 2 months ago message-square29fedilink
I’ve gotten prepaid sims for things but obviously that’s not really a feasible method for your main life phone.
minus-square lemmyvore ( @lemmyvore@feddit.nl ) linkfedilinkEnglish10•2 months agoThey have your identity the moment you put the sim in the phone. The phone have unique identifiers that are recorded when sold.
minus-square tiredofsametab ( @tiredofsametab@kbin.run ) linkfedilink1•2 months agoIf someone really wanted to find the person, I imagine they’d find where the signal is coming from for that device, and just narrow from there. If it always goes to/from where John works and lives, it might well be John’s phone.
They have your identity the moment you put the sim in the phone. The phone have unique identifiers that are recorded when sold.
If someone really wanted to find the person, I imagine they’d find where the signal is coming from for that device, and just narrow from there. If it always goes to/from where John works and lives, it might well be John’s phone.