communism@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agoIs there any reasonable/not a huge pain in the ass way of paying for your phone contract without it being in any way tied to your real identity?message-squaremessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up118arrow-down1message-squareIs there any reasonable/not a huge pain in the ass way of paying for your phone contract without it being in any way tied to your real identity?communism@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square30fedilinkfile-text
I’ve gotten prepaid sims for things but obviously that’s not really a feasible method for your main life phone.
minus-squarepsychonova@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agothere’s a couple places it’s the only feasible option, especially if you have other limitations such as needing an esim etc
minus-squaredelirious_owl@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·4 months agoWhere do you live where there is no WiFi?
minus-squarepsychonova@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoand when you need a real, non-VoIP, number for something, wifi helps out how…?
minus-squaretiredofsametab@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoIn Japan, a lot of things don’t take calls from VoiP (+81-050-xxxx-xxxx) numbers. Certain businesses and such won’t accept them as contact info, either, as I discovered trying to rent my first apartment by myself.
minus-squaredelirious_owl@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-24 months agoNot sure why youd want to do that, but you can just use one of many SIP providers that use real SIMs
there’s a couple places it’s the only feasible option, especially if you have other limitations such as needing an esim etc
Where do you live where there is no WiFi?
and when you need a real, non-VoIP, number for something, wifi helps out how…?
In Japan, a lot of things don’t take calls from VoiP (+81-050-xxxx-xxxx) numbers. Certain businesses and such won’t accept them as contact info, either, as I discovered trying to rent my first apartment by myself.
Not sure why youd want to do that, but you can just use one of many SIP providers that use real SIMs