Anonymous SIM cards via Silent.Link

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Have you been struggling to find ways to get a usable and long-lasting phone number without giving up your ID or privacy? This episode, we're sitting down with Silent.Link to chat about their phone number service via eSIMs.

More about Silent.Link:

• Website -- https://silent.link/
• Twitter -- https://twitter.com/silentlink1
• Matrix -- matrix://@support:silent.link
• Email -- [email protected]

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Chapters

1. Anonymous SIM cards via Silent.Link (00:00:00)

2. Silent.Link introduces themselves and what Silent.Link does (00:01:40)

3. What was it that woke you up to the need for personal privacy? (00:02:32)

4. What prompted the creation of Silent.Link? (00:06:19)

5. What would you hope users get from using Silent.Link? (00:10:20)

6. What do user's need to keep in mind when selecting a local provider to connect to? (00:12:30)

7. What are some limitations users should be aware of? (00:13:55)

8. A shoutout to Opt Out's sponsors (00:16:24)

9. What other tools out there are your chief competitors/alternatives? What makes your approach better/unique? (00:19:42)

10. What logs, if any, are kept of users activity? (00:20:26)

11. Where are the eSIM's sourced from? What information about the purchaser is passed to the SIM supplier? (00:24:59)

12. Why are the eSIM's single-use and unable to be activated again? (00:27:20)

13. Do you have plans to accept Monero directly to simplify privacy-preserving payments? (00:29:02)

14. How is the privacy of IMEI's of the user's device preserved between active SIM cards? (00:32:13)

15. How does topping up and handling balance work after the initial purchase? (00:35:12)

16. How can listeners help support what you're doing with Silent.Link? (00:36:41)