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tskaiser
on Oct 15, 2017
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US telcos appear to be selling non-anonymized acce...
Won't help. It gets the information from the telco provider, and does not require GPS or any other fancy hardware.
chrisfosterelli
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It helps in the sense that it's difficult/impossible to browse the web on dumbphones, so they won't get your IP in the first place.
tqkxzugoaupvwqr
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Might as well keep the iPhone and turn off mobile data and wifi.
criddell
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I think a pre-paid (burner) phone would be anonymous.
interlocutor
on Oct 15, 2017
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Not true. If you refill using a credit card then they collect the info at that time. I use T-Mobile prepaid and they have all my info except my name.
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