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Digital surveillance is omnipresent in China. Here’s how citizens are coping
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this post was submitted on 30 Apr 2024
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Remember that you need an id to get a phone number in most countries. And how hot big IT is for your phone number. Aside from UKUSA and NSA programs doing way more.
The coping tactics are almost the same here, if you're not a privacy nut.
Not to say it's as bad as in China, especially here it's for money (though not for me) and against terrorism. But the definition of terrorism can quickly change with someone like trump in power.
I'm so glad I don't need any ID to buy a number in my country. In your face, "free and democratic" countries!
Requiring an ID is security theater anyway. If law enforcement wants to know who got a number they can simply look at what phone it's used in, or what card you paid with etc.
knowing a phone model is not the same as seeing and ID card with all the Details, that makes a huge difference for the individual's privacy..
most ISP operators I have seen don't give a damn about your privacy, if you're their friend, just ask.. give them a phone number and they'll give you all the details ( Face, Home Address... Etc ).. In other countries like Iraq, you can buy that information for a very very low price..
removing the ID card from the equation provides huge privacy benefits for people from these sick fucks.. If you're worried about being found by the authorities.. Avoid SIM cards alltogether
Use cash..
its more complicated than that. IMEI and triangulation complicates this unless you have a stolen/spoofed phone and some opsec to deal with triangulation. and then theres the fact most points of sale have security cameras.
Basic OPSEC practices like not switching on the burner in compromising circumstances should be default
Here an ID is required by law, but you can still buy "gray" simcards in various places. Although not as reliable as if it were a legal one - it can get blocked by the provider, but I don't know exactly how long they usually last.
I'll just say I'm very sorry you live in such a place
Just remember the FBI were already watching the 9-11 hijackers and knew what they were going to do beforehand but didn't stop it.
Where I live, I consider nothing I do on my phone private at all, and I have to act accordingly. I would be in breach of Chinese law were I to do the same in China.
Trump is probably pro freedom and privacy compared to Biden. In reality political differences and polarization have distracted us.
What does "pro-freedom" even mean? He's clearly not pro choice for example. Most of his freedoms seem to be for corporations, the citizens only have an illusion of freedom at best.