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Forumite@lemm.ee to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 months ago

Life Without a SIM Card

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Life Without a SIM Card

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Forumite@lemm.ee to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 months ago
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Last week, I wrote about how our phone numbers have evolved into a unique, static ID that companies abuse to track us. As anecdotal evide...
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    The first part of the article still holds. You can live on wifi.

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        What a terrible law. I remember something similar when visiting Germany like 15 years ago, and for whatever reason my roaming didn’t work. I think they got wiser since then because last time I visited there were plenty of hotspots.

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        What? I could connect to a mcdonald’s wifi without needing to provide any ID, I just tap “I Agree” to whatever tos stuff they show then its good. So do the mcdonalds in your jurisdiction just request a phone number for verification? 🤔

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            illegal non-KYC number? You can just get a legit one without breaking any laws my dude.

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