From a technical standpoint, the trend of large online platforms demanding that you provide them a phone number to use their services is by far the most difficult barrier to ban evasion and maintaining privacy to overcome. Other measures of tracking such as browser fingerprinting and MAC address bans aren't terribly difficult to bypass with techniques such as using a VM, MAC spoofing, etc. But adding phone numbers to the equation makes keeping your PII safe and avoiding skynet much more difficult. Phone numbers aren't easily replaced and at the same time are extremely easy to trace back to your real identity. And while tools such as online SMS services and VOIP exist, these sites are wise to them and in most cases with have no trouble at all figuring out that a number came from such a service and blocking it.
What are the options available when it comes to solving this problem. Are there even any options? Burner phones and SIM cards still cost money, so once you get the banhammer you're effectively forced to make another purchase if you want to get back on the service in question. In this way you are limited in how aggressive you can be with whatever information you are trying to spread. Also, the aforementioned privacy issues still apply. I agree. No one should, in fact. But the unfortunate reality of the current state of the internet is that due to the size and influence of these large platforms, you are effectively required to engage with them if you want to spread information. If you only ever post on Zig Forums and sites like it, you only end up containing yourself. When it comes to spreading information, breaking containment is key.
There are a few apps that give you a burner number. But, it seems that a lot of sites can already somehow detect it and don't allow them for registration.
Jack Wood
In my country SIM cards are cheap, plentiful and purchasable in bulk.
While requiring a phone number is pozzed, it sounds like your cell phone providers are also pozzed.
Camden Nguyen
This is the opposite of jewry. You are allowed to create a free account the first time, but once you've proven yourself a leper you have to start paying. That's a fancy way to say abuse celebrities.
My resolution would be: 1. follow the damn rules - written and unwritten. Getting banned consitutes a failure 2. Create easily sharable memes. Preferably single images that are self contained 3. have a separate website that you have full control over 4. Use your social media to draw people into your website, without breaking rule 1. 5. post rule breaking memes to your website, and rely on other people to share them and get banned for it.
Note what this doesn't allow you to do: be an obvious asshole that deserves to be banned.
It's not the SIM card dummy. It's the phone number, which needs to have service to be useful.
Juan Lee
and anonymouos simcards are to be banned. and if thats not enough, they are also going to take away simcards altogether. they will be replaced with e-sim, embedded sim, a built in simcard in the phone.
Justin Rogers
Uncle Ted built a shack in the woods, cut himself off from the world, and still got his message out there. Time to grow up.
Aaron Flores
Just get a burner phone. This is the price of privacy.
Wyatt Davis
In my country as soon as you put the SIM in you can receive texts and send a small number of free ones before you need to "load" the SIM (costs half a cent per text)
Hudson Morgan
what the heck service are you using that requires a phone number? I've never run into any that require one (although many request it)
