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.
id just stop using phones
Excuse me if I am doubtful lol.
Nearly every country requires an ID. 80% of Europe or so, nearly all of Asia including China and India, all but 1 country in Africa, Australia, many/most countries in the Americas.
It is going to end up like seatbelts and surveillance in America. Tons of complaining and bitching and grand threats, but everyone immediately capitulating and putting up no resistance. That is just how humans are I think and this is a lot less of a deal than other surveillance being done daily (as long as encrypted messaging stands) since you are completely fingerprinted on your phone anyway and your identity is widely tied to your browsers and apps and google/apple accounts.
I believe you are right. In your doubtfulness. In general I mean, IDK about the person you were replying to, they could be an exception.
I think at most we’d see a very few holdouts. Almost everyone will go along. As you say, using a phone already ties it to you, for most ppl. There’s a GPS track that stays in your home every night, and goes to your work every day. Fingerprinted browers that log into your accounts. A whole social graph map.
However. It’s still a backward step, IMO. Today, it is possible, VERY difficult but possible, to use a smartphone anonymously. You have to be VERY careful. Faraday pouch 100% of the time it’s near your house, lots of extreme steps like so. If the new FCC rules go info effect tho, it’ll be almost impossible b/c the carrier just won’t give you service unless you gave a photo ID.
excused!
Full-time pocket radio
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
If we’re a assuming this is implemented by the OS, then a different OS. If implemented by a carrier, then I’d obfuscate my data through a VPN and possibly other tools. I’m already on a different OS and VPN so not much would change.
e: I guess a vpn wouldn’t work if this was implemented by a carrier, but neither would a flipphone. At any rate, since the privacy community keeps coming out with tools, it would be a matter of time before a new workaround came out.
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I wouldn’t use a phone.
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
International VoIP?
I would probably just fake it.
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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?
Isn’t that just for signing up?
a fake ID. you can get them easily enough.
