At this point, I think I’d switch to a flip phone.
Maybe I’d use Signal from my desktop and my contacts might actually download and use it .
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I’d maybe get a small laptop and go around with that instead. Also flip phone.
For the unaware, it was possible until now to get a smarrt phone in USA without showing any kind of ID. But that may be about to change. The current FCC wants to require companies to collect gov IDs for ppl to give them cell service.
If this were to happen I think I would go back to a landline phone and a smartphone with no SIM.
A lot of countries made it impossible to get a “burner” phone number. Check this source : https://prepaid-data-sim-card.fandom.com/wiki/Registration_Policies_Per_Country
It’s anyway stupid, you need your ID for the contract with your ISP, means they anyway have your ID, in last years even with a prepaid phone.
Move to a Linux phone for sure
I would probably just fake it.
Flip phone still has Android on it. There are no dumb phones.
the humble kamil adrian tumu(l)ec
I’d do it.
I wouldn’t use a phone.
a fake ID. you can get them easily enough.
Probably a fake ID
Having thought about how I use my phone: pics, music, shopping list.
Replace the phone with a very thin pocket camera, a mp3 player, and a paper notebook.
Now if I can continues using my current GOS enabled Pixel. Remove my eSim and use public WiFi and/or SilentLink with SimpleX. Its been weeks since I made a phone call and I mostly keep VoIP active for Signal and medical appointments. I can use the landline for the medical stuff.
How is VoIP necessary for Signal?
Its the lowest cost way to have a phone number in my country. Isn’t a phone number necessary for Signal?
International VoIP?
