communism@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agoIs there any reasonable/not a huge pain in the ass way of paying for your phone contract without it being in any way tied to your real identity?message-squaremessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up119arrow-down1message-squareIs there any reasonable/not a huge pain in the ass way of paying for your phone contract without it being in any way tied to your real identity?communism@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
I’ve gotten prepaid sims for things but obviously that’s not really a feasible method for your main life phone.
minus-squareLucidBoi@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·4 months agowhere i live, you can buy a sim card that you can then charge by buying codes on kiosks. no identity needed, all cash
minus-squaredrkt@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·4 months agoThey got video of you buying them, though
minus-squarelemmyvore@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 months agoThey have your identity the moment you put the sim in the phone. The phone have unique identifiers that are recorded when sold.
minus-squarepirat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-24 months agoBuy the phone used and/or with cash. And never put any SIM card in it that can be linked back to you or someone you know.
minus-squaresunzu@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-24 months agoThat would require law enforcement to obtain the recording and have a reason to do so
minus-squaredrkt@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoI mean, yeah? If I’m buying anonymous phone credits, the police probably has a reason to go looking for me.
where i live, you can buy a sim card that you can then charge by buying codes on kiosks. no identity needed, all cash
They got video of you buying them, though
They have your identity the moment you put the sim in the phone. The phone have unique identifiers that are recorded when sold.
Buy the phone used and/or with cash. And never put any SIM card in it that can be linked back to you or someone you know.
That would require law enforcement to obtain the recording and have a reason to do so
I mean, yeah? If I’m buying anonymous phone credits, the police probably has a reason to go looking for me.