174 sats \ 4 replies \ @nerd2ninja 22 Sep 2022 \ on: New Feature on sms4sats: Rent Virtual Phone Numbers to receive SMS activations bitcoin
This is cool, but what if maybe I need phone calls too?
Let's say the only bottleneck is that it isn't implemented yet. But if it could be done, then maybe you would plug the virtual phone number into Signal and use as a phone service? If that worked and if you could subscribe to the virtual number long term, combined with PGPP (pretty good phone privacy), you could break free from cell phone tracking, which is potentially the last bit to being completely untrackable.
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i haven't personally used this service, but check out https://silent.link
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I've used silent.link, same thing, you get an esim but no phone service, only data, and they can still track your IMSI, you will be triangulated, and soon enough deanonymized. PGPP is in theory better since the innovation is that they can't track your IMSI since it rotates with random values.
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silent.link recently added US/UK inbound voice identities.
they claim your mobile number is not known to your local mobile provider due to roaming and an adversary cannot collude with your local mobile network provider to surveil you.
they also claim they do not have the nessacary data to assist with triangulation, however, an authority could jump through several hoops if they know the IMEI (hardware identifier) alongside previous location data to continue tracking the IMSI (number identity) through a local carrier. seems fairly difficult to accomplish if i'm understanding correctly.
o'dell had them on a citadel dispatch episode recently. you may have already listened. he begins discussing the triangulation topic around ~21 minutes.
https://bitcointv.com/w/qnFErBK86d6XKzNXzbXfda
obviously not a perfect solution. it does appear to be one of the better options currently. they seem based and working in the right direction.
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