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@froge @fj I'm not replacing @signalapp with "random tools" but good options.

Like @delta & @thunderbird as well as @monocles / #monoclesChat & @gajim which work flawlessly over @torproject / #Tor using @tails / @tails_live / #Tails and @guardianproject / #Orbot respectably.

Considering the costs of even acquiring and upkeeping an #anonymous #SIM, I'd rather pay €2 p.m. for #XMPP+#OMEMO and #PGP/MIME-supported #eMail with the option of self-custody than $2,50+ p.m. just to keep a phone number.

Or is anyone here expecting @Mer__edith to risk jail for life amd not comply with #CloudAct?

It stenches like #ANØM, because NOTHING IS FOR FREE and running a #VCmoneyBurningParty is expensive...

Infosec.SpaceKevin Karhan :verified: (@kkarhan@infosec.space)@osman@hachyderm.io If your #OpSec, #InfoSec, #ComSec and/or #ITsec relies on @signalapp@mastodon.world and/or @Mer__edith@mastodon.world [risking jail *or worse*](https://web.archive.org/web/20210908180219/https://twitter.com/thegrugq/status/1085614812581715968), you fucked up! - If #Signal was secure, it would've been shutdown like #EncroChat & #SkyECC. Seriously, to me #Signal stenches #Honeypot like #ANØM & #CryptoAG. - All Signal fans do is #FUD #PGP/MIME and#XMPP+#OMEMO which are truly #decentralized and allow real #SelfHosting as well as #SelfCustody for complete control of all the data and keys... That's why I get people setup with it!

"Biggest threat": EU Council leaders want to ban anonymous SIM cards.

The Polish Council Presidency has proposed new EU regulations on mandatory registration of prepaid SIM cards.

This is provided for in a draft by the Polish Presidency of the EU Council of Ministers, as reported by the British civil rights organisation Statewatch.

mediafaro.org/article/20250324

A pile of SIM cars. | Image: Shutterstock
Heise Online · "Biggest threat": EU Council leaders want to ban anonymous SIM cards.By Stefan Krempl
#SIM#Privacy#EU

♻️: Polski rząd zaproponował nowe przepisy UE zakazujące anonimowego zakupu kart SIM. 📱 🥸

Jest to kolejna próba wyeliminowania jakiejkolwiek formy anonimowej komunikacji w imię walki z przestępczością - pomimo szeroko zakrojonych badań, które nie wykazały żadnych dowodów na to, że przyniesie to jakikolwiek efekt.

Utrudni to życie tym, którzy polegają na anonimowości dla bezpieczeństwa, w tym demaskatorom, dziennikarzom i osobom próbującym uciec przed nadużyciami.

Czytaj więcej: statewatch.org/news/2025/march

#prywatność #inwigilacja #sim #kartySIM #Polska #UE #rzadTuska #Koalicja15X

🔗 Oryginalny wpis w j. angielskim autorstwa @statewatch, udostępniony przez @acejacek tutaj: mastodon.world/@statewatch/114

Anyone have experience with IMS and SIM cards?

I have exhausted my internet-research abilities and am asking for help.

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Allegedly, one can block data usage on SIM-2 entirely and route all data usage to SIM-1, as well as enable SIM-2 for WiFi-Calling/SMS/RCS only.

tl;dr: keeping US number without incurring intl. rates.