Alas Poor Erinaceus@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 days agoA New Anonymous Phone Carrier Lets You Sign Up With Nothing but a Zip Codewww.wired.comexternal-linkmessage-square143fedilinkarrow-up1451arrow-down111
arrow-up1440arrow-down1external-linkA New Anonymous Phone Carrier Lets You Sign Up With Nothing but a Zip Codewww.wired.comAlas Poor Erinaceus@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square143fedilink
minus-squareSchlemmy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up12·5 days agoEvery EU phone number has to be connected to an identifiable person or company.
minus-squaregwl@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·5 days agoBy name, not by anything else
minus-squareSchlemmy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 days agoYes, by name. And that name has to be verified. They know everything else by default.
minus-squaregwl@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-25 days agoThey still think I live at my parents house even though I moved out 25 years ago, it’s wildly inaccurate and easy to circumvent
Every EU phone number has to be connected to an identifiable person or company.
By name, not by anything else
Yes, by name. And that name has to be verified. They know everything else by default.
They still think I live at my parents house even though I moved out 25 years ago, it’s wildly inaccurate and easy to circumvent