Life Without a SIM Card
Life Without a SIM Card
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Life Without a SIM Card
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Hmm .. the author uses a hotspot connected with a SIM. Their whole argument hinges on not being tracked, but their hotspot is with them all the time. Seems like a massive hole in their privacy argument.
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MAC addresses go brrr
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Hotspot location is still tracked by the cell network though.
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Everyone conviently forgets about MAC address spoofing. Some operating systems let you set a Random MAC address on each connection. It's great.
How is it that there are people still unaware of this?
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Android phones automatically randomize Mac addresses.
Although, if you are on Google's Android, it is possible for Google to keep a list of all Mac addressed used and then work with the hotspot owner to find out your whereabouts.
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😂
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The first part of the article still holds. You can live on wifi.
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Not always. Where I am, for example, it's law to KYC users of wi-fi hotspots, usually by phone number. Good news: there are a lot of places that don't bother and just have the wi-fi behind a password. Bad news: whether you find such a hotspot is very inconsistent, even within the same chain. So I don't bother and just always use my phone as a modem.
Also, apparently bypassing authentication may be as simple as stealing the MAC address of someone who has already KYCd, but that sounds like it would be even less consistent.
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While some might criticize the author's methods, I did learn something cool from this article.
https://calyxinstitute.org/membership/
Unthrottled, unmetered, (supposedly) truly unlimited internet,
For not much more than I pay for my (definitely throttled) mobile service, it'd seem like a fair trade between the two. With certain considerations given to service availability and local network speed.
There is even a pixel phone given to members of certain memberships.
Something I wanted to make easily available to anyone passing through here.
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I used Calyx Internet (the lowest tier) for 3 months. I get like 25-35 Mbps most of the time.
BUT like occasionally, you get dropped to less than 5 Mbps for like hours or perhaps an entire day, and when it is experiencing its low speeds, sometimes my deprioritized cellular internet is still slightly faster. Basically the point is: It's not exactly a home internet replacement.
There is even a pixel phone given to members of certain memberships.
That's not really a membership. You pay $800 upfront for the first year of the "membership", and then its $5 per month for subsequent years. Its just a nice way of wording a phone purchase. Its completely separate of the internet thing.
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$33 a month even after the discount? I just don't see what the overpricing is for.
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