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Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months ago

A New Anonymous Phone Carrier Lets You Sign Up With Nothing but a Zip Code

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A New Anonymous Phone Carrier Lets You Sign Up With Nothing but a Zip Code

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Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months ago

Privacy stalwart Nicholas Merrill spent a decade fighting an FBI surveillance order. Now he wants to sell you phone service—without knowing almost anything about you.

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By name, not by anything else
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  Yes, by name. And that name has to be verified. They know everything else by default.
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    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

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