I use GrapheneOS and love my privacy. However, I am not as knowledge in regards to simcards.
My family needed to get a new simcard while abroad and I was hesitant to get a new simcard and preferred to ‘hitchhike’ on a family members internet thearing so he could get a simcard instead of me.
It left me with the choice to:
- Get a Sim card
- Get an e-sim
- Let a family member get a simcard and hitchhike from their internet. (Internet hotspot thearing)
My question: Was my worry in vain and I could actually get an e-sim/Sim or did I do it correctly, making someone else get a Sim and share the internet to me? :P
What I’m worried of, is that I’m currently outside EU and I don’t want any weird hacking attempts towards me from the government. There are a lot of protests here, quite violent ones at times too, and I am aware that governments usually use stingrays or equivalent devices to identify or stalk people of interest.
By having a physical SIM or an E-SIM, your ICCID and other data is transmitted directly to the tower, so using your family’s hotspot was the better option in that case.
That’s awesome. If I have the choice to be careful, why not take that option? Thank you! <3