Sparkega

joined 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's not too difficult to establish a Signal account from a burner number from a prepaid sim card. I currently have a Signal account tied to a sim not in my name. Getting a burner with cash is an option. Or, if you're lucky enough to live near a payphone and can gain access to the number, you can activate a signal with a phone call.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I think the intent is baby steps for those who aren't already privacy invested. Getting parents or tech illiterate to switch to Signal is a win. They weren't hiding their number anyway.

I currently have a Signal account tied to a sim not in my name. Getting a burner with cash is an option then park it. Or, if you're lucky enough to live near a payphone and can gain access to the number, you can activate a signal with a phone call.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (6 children)

So easy to setup my tech illiterate parents could do it.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don't recall what kind of car it was, but there was one that saved the phone number associated with any phone that connected via Bluetooth.

While I don't think it's likely as a way to trick people to connecting to get their phone number, it was a rental car which opened them up to impersonation scams. Knowing they just rented from the company and where in the city provides quite a bit of information on you.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

There was also a mystery solving themed Canadian show to teach deductive reasoning.

Busytown Mysteries

[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

My go to solution.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I store mine between my phone and phone case.

 

I should have known if the apps free, you're the product. Duolingo appears to harvest the most data compared to other language learning apps.

Source: Surfshark Research