[zxcvbn4038]

My solution - crappy china phone and the cheapest pre-paid sim card I can find. I turn it on, receive my SMS, then turn it off again. Doesn't track back to me because I paid cash, doesn't report my location because china phones don't have GPS, isn't on the VOIP or multiuser blacklist because its a "real" phone number.

https://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?trafficChannel=main&d=y...

[great-potential]

Yeah a bit overkill my threat model just encompass ISP/GAFAM not three letter agencies :D

[zxcvbn4038]

It won't protect you against three letter agencies - it is more my double middle finger to everyone who thinks SMS verification has value, or somehow the gateway to marketing to me, or being able to harass me if they wanted. I have the telco turn off voice mail on the number so that nobody can produce phone records showing a completed call and say I was contacted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mewYpU5OSUM

[AUSNA-ZI]

> Doesn't track back to me because I paid cash

It tracks back to you if you turn it ON always in the vicinity of your real phone/home/work/etc.

[zxcvbn4038]

There are hundreds of people in the same area, I’ll take that bet.

[AUSNA-ZI]

not always the same people? It's not a bet, it's just data/metadata that needs to be processed to de-anonymize you

[zxcvbn4038]

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