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A New Anonymous Phone Carrier Lets You Sign Up With Nothing but a Zip Code (www.wired.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by cm0002@europe.pub to c/privacy@programming.dev

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[–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 5 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

So we are all going to sign up w/20500 as our zip code⸮

Metadata is more important than having a name. GSM+CDMA are anti-privacy technologies.

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Why not 90210?

I remember reading something many years ago that non US people accessing things that require a US postcode will use that one more frequently then randomly selecting 5 digits.

[–] imrighthere@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

I will confirm that for you. Have used it many times since it was well known due to the show. I could not name another one to save my life.

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