Re:Why to care about privacy after years of sharing data
by anothersullivan on Sunday April 03, 2022 @03:56PM
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You can change your phone number though. What if you change it so frequently that it's no longer a key identifier? Why not have a system where you can receive phone calls without a phone number? I believe some of the solution here is to stop having globally unique identifiers.
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Re:Why to care about privacy after years of sharing data
by wolverine876 on Sunday April 03, 2022 @07:46PM
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> Why not have a system where you can receive phone calls without a phone number?
How would you do that?
Re:Why to care about privacy after years of sharing data
by anothersullivan on Monday April 04, 2022 @07:19AM
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Burner numbers are close, but if you use the same one for all your contacts it still becomes an identifier, even if you rotate it. An alternative is a proxy service where you get issued a unique pin for each person-to-person connection, so the same phone number gets used by multiple parties. Those both use the existing phone network in better ways. With a VoIP system you don't need numbers, you just don't want to trade them for usernames or some other global identifier. I implemented one approach with Severus, but I'm also looking for alternatives that increase privacy.