R.L. Dane    🍵 Feb 19

I was coming very close to switching to Rossmann/Merrill's new #privacy-focused #cellular carrier, #Phreeli, but it has a #BindingArbitration clause, too.

* Long, soul-rattling sigh

So, I guess I'll just switch to #MintMobile instead and pay half as much.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

cc: @phreeli

Jonah Aragon Dec 23

Why I don't like Louis Rossmann's new cell carrier https://youtu.be/zLOXsFmLayw

#phreeli #privacy #mvno #louisrossmann #privacyguides

Why I don't like Louis Rossmann's new cell carrier

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Bryan (he/him) 🇺🇸 🏳️‍🌈Dec 23

Fantastic new video by @jonah explains that Phreeli isn't as private as they want you to believe.

Why I Don't Like Louis Rossmann's New Cell Carrier

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

#Phreeli #LouisRossmann #Rossmann #PrivacyGuides #Privacy #YouTube

Why I don't like Louis Rossmann's new cell carrier

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Brian M 🇺🇸Dec 11

New Anonymous Mobile Phone carrier. Zipcode only required to sign-up. #phreeli

https://www.wired.com/story/new-anonymous-phone-carrier-sign-up-with-nothing-but-a-zip-code/

A New Anonymous Phone Carrier Lets You Sign Up With Nothing but a Zip Code

Privacy stalwart Nicholas Merrill spent a decade fighting an FBI surveillance order. Now he wants to sell you phone service—without knowing almost anything about you.

WIRED
Guardian ProjectDec 9

#AgeVerification is a hot topic right now. Societies around the world are asking for it because of real harms to children. Shady companies use it as a way to gather more data. Some are rallying against it to distract from their exploitation of vulnerable people.

I does not have to be that way. We can have real age verification without sacrificing #privacy. For example, #Phreeli uses #ZeroKnowledge payment verification. This same technique can be used for age verification https://www.phreeli.com/blog/DoubleBlindArmadillo

Double-Blind Armadillo: Enabling Privacy with Unlinkability

Double-Blind Armadillo is a new privacy-focused system architecture and cryptographic protocol designed around the principle that no single party should be able to connect an individual’s real identity, payments, and phone records.

Show threadFossmanDec 7

@blenderdumbass @agreenberg What about the #CCTV #surveillance potentially with #FacialRecognition? Doesn't it kinda negate the #nokyc SIM option?

#anonymousSIM #privateSIM #phreeli #facerecognition #kyc

Chris Geoghooligan ✊Dec 6

Watching #Phreeli with #Fairphone in mind 

https://www.wired.com/story/new-anonymous-phone-carrier-sign-up-with-nothing-but-a-zip-code/

A New Anonymous Phone Carrier Lets You Sign Up With Nothing but a Zip Code

Privacy stalwart Nicholas Merrill spent a decade fighting an FBI surveillance order. Now he wants to sell you phone service—without knowing almost anything about you.

WIRED
Hans-Christoph SteinerDec 5
#AgeVerification is a hot topic right now. Societies around the world are asking for it because of real harms to children. Shady companies use it as a way to gather more data, or to distract from their exploitation of vulnerable people.
But it does not have to be that way.
We can have real age verification without sacrificing #privacy. For example, #Phreeli uses #ZeroKnowledge payment verification. This same technique can be used for age verification https://www.phreeli.com/blog/DoubleBlindArmadillo
b3nDec 4

A New Anonymous Phone Carrier Lets You Sign Up With Nothing but a Zip Code

Privacy stalwart Nicholas Merrill spent a decade fighting an FBI surveillance order. Now he wants to sell you phone service—without knowing almost anything about you.

https://archive.is/2Wc7k

#phreeli #privacy #zkap