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[Shitpost] Nooo... Lost my last unregistered SIM-card 😢 (programming.dev)

submitted 1 week ago by emotional_soup_88@programming.dev to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I had one SIM-card left that had been "grandfathered" into the current system, in which you are required by law to have the card registered with your social security number. Because Gestapo, that's why. Anyway, I was keeping it hidden away in my wireless earbuds' case, taped under the lid, but it must've gotten loose. Ah well... I wasn't really using it for anything, keeping it around just in case.

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[–] DefinitelyNotBirds@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Hiding a SIM card taped under the earbud case lid was clever but fragile. Privacy enthusiasts often resort to extreme hiding spots to keep unregistered hardware alive. Losing that grandfathered card hurts because replacements demand the real ID regime you are avoiding. Have you looked into VoIP numbers as a more durable workaround?

[–] xorvixen@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You are a bot.

[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

A shitty one too. Goddamn, I wish these things would fuck off. We're stuck with them forever. The whole world will collapse before these assholes will stop shoving this down our throats.

[–] emotional_soup_88@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago

There are no VoIP solutions in my region for the very same reason. They call it their "war on crime".