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100 sats \ 8 replies \ @Scoresby 12 Dec \ parent \ on: Jor almost lost a lot of BTC from a Signal scam bitcoin

I've had a silent.link esim that has persisted for three years now with only occasional use and topping up (at least once or twice a year).

It's their data only esim though, so can't speak to how persistent the number they offer are.

102 sats \ 7 replies \ @optimism 12 Dec

Is there a non-negligible cost to rolling your esim?

100 sats \ 4 replies \ @Scoresby 12 Dec

by "rolling" do you mean reinstalling the esim on a new device or topping it up?

I assume "rollover" in your previous comment meant you had to get a new number or a new esim.

in my case, I've been using the same esim and haven't been required to change it or buy a new one. Just send sats to an address and top it up when I need more data.

I may be misunderstanding your question though.

102 sats \ 3 replies \ @optimism 12 Dec

No you got it right.

So what I do for data, besides switching devices, is instead of topping up, I just get a new esim every time. One less correlation. Just in case. I don't trust silent.link or lnvpn, but then I'm probably a toxic conspiracy theorist lmao

I dont need a sim for usage, just for a number.

PS: Can you share us some intel for silent.link? See #1091068

100 sats \ 2 replies \ @Scoresby 12 Dec

my kids both have to do science projects early next year. I wonder if I could convince them that this would be a fun project.

102 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 12 Dec

YESSSS!

If not this awesome hack, then this one?

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @itsrealfake 12 Dec

science projects or science experiments?

I've been lingering on this wifi kills plants experiment I saw. my radio pro friend suspects that the wifi router is heating the environment, and that's damaging the growth.

I think theres a serious question to be settled about whether 2.4g signal damages plants.

so that's my 2SATs hypothesis:

2.4 damages plants

the current best picture I have suggests it's the heat of the router killing the plants and not the actual wifi

100 sats \ 1 reply \ @itsrealfake 12 Dec

used silent.link for my trip to Japan. slightly expensive, but super effective.

haven't ever tried in the US

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 12 Dec

I've used both lnvpn and a couple of bitrefill white label esims in the US (despite my t-mo physical sim being US - I figured using that in the US is asking for trouble) and it worked fine. lnvpn has been much cheaper for me than what bitrefill offers.