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.
That’s the minimum personal data Merrill has determined his company is legally required to keep about its customers for tax purposes.
A little personal peeve:
But to call such anonymous phones “burners” suggests that they’re for something illegal, shady, or at least subversive.
I mean I guess so, but primarily “burner” implies that it’s disposable. Which above project is not aiming to be. Prepaid anonymous SIM cards already exist.
Why even a zip code?
A little personal peeve:
I mean I guess so, but primarily “burner” implies that it’s disposable. Which above project is not aiming to be. Prepaid anonymous SIM cards already exist.