Reply #10 sexyloser's post
[@sexyloser] If you're using Android there's enough GPS spoofers to get around it, just might be inconvenient to remember when to toggle it on/off unless you're particularly saavy with setting up macros or whatever they call them on Android.
Regrettably I am an iphone user.
[@sexyloser] For iOS either way you're going to have to have a cell plan. If you're on a family plan you might be able to convince your penny-pinching wife that its necessary for the iPad IIRC its not too much o activate cell on iPad that it might be innocuous enough to her on the bills.
Ya. Although things are so ridiculous at home that I would probably just go with getting the iPad and then activating the cell phone with a different provider and paying for it out of a slush fund. SO is tech savvy so whatever I do I need to be careful as she eventually invades and grabs stuff on me (everything but communications with others, by mutual agreement).
[@sexyloser] Once you have cellular service activated on the iPad, just use TextNow, its free, totally anonymous, and true burner numbers that auto recycles if you fail to use it for 7 days straight.
Aha, I saw another discussion about that somewhere recently. The problems are (1) I am forgetful and I would probably lose the burner number quite frequently; and (2) I travel internationally often (including cruises, with generally reprehensible internet, even well into the starlink age) and it would probably be difficult to maintain even if I did not forget.
[@sexyloser] A lot of people monger with Google Voice but I feel Google already knows too much about me. Even if you primarily call PO's GV is already known to saves a transcript for VM its not hard to imagine they save a transcript of your calls that might be vaguely mentioned in the EULA while claiming its only used for machine learning purposes.
I probably should consider Google Voice. I once had a Google Voice when it first came out but it was a luxury since I had a biz phone at the time. I'm sure my old Google Voice is gone. Yes, I am somewhat apprehensive about privacy but I was such a nobody in my prime that hopefully I am that much more of a nobody now that I am retired and relatively uninteresting to the Chinese. And yes, "I hope" are famous last words...
One thing that I have not completely explored yet is getting an alternate cell phone ID chip. As I understand it, I take the existing ID chip out (I only have one physical ID) and put another ID chip in, to become a different phone. This is only good as a burner phone substitute and does not solve the problem of faking the GPS location nor explaining semi-random blackouts. Another drawback of the separate ID chip is that I would need to carry the ID chip not in use around and keep it safe (although I believe that this is actually a recoverable problem, just go back to the provider, show ID, and get a replacement ID chip (not verified)).
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