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mr_tux

20-3-2023 16:40
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)).

[ Last edited by  mr_tux at 20-3-2023 17:10 ]

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