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submitted 1 month ago by blicante@moist.catsweat.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I saw some threads here about Telegram and piracy stuff being banned. So, as an experimental alternative, I created a public Signal group for piracy.

Maybe it'll be useful?

Before joining

Signal supports usernames and hiding telephone numbers. Here's a blog entry on how to do so. You might want to:

set a username
change your profile name (these are two separate things!)
hide your phone number

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[-] ladfrombrad@lemdro.id 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

No you don't.

I can go to the corner shop/local garage right now, buy a SIM card for 99p and then buy a top-up voucher in cash to have a completely anonymous phone number.

Albeit is the UK in Europe again? 🙈

edit: where I would be worried if my privacy was on the line is I could also go to the local pawn shop / Cash Converters to ensure that SIM card isn't associated with an IMEI I've previously used and buy in cash a cheapo phone.

[-] blicante@moist.catsweat.com 3 points 1 month ago

Same in a few other European countries. I'm doing it right now with a few SIMs. You can also go on holiday to another country, get a few temporary SIMs there for a few quid and fly back home with the "contraband". Really not hard.

[-] ladfrombrad@lemdro.id 3 points 1 month ago

Aye, I've seen this misconception before and suspect it's specific countries in the European continent where you have to register.

[-] socsa@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago

The last time I bought a SIM in the UK I was told specifically I could not buy it with cash.

[-] ladfrombrad@lemdro.id 2 points 1 month ago

I don't know if you're in the UK right now but I can tell you right now that I can go round the corner and buy a SIM card in cash plus a top-up voucher, from someone like this guy

https://www.coregroup.co.uk/assets/img/cards/independent-retail-sim-distribution.jpg