Generally I'd rather recommend to look for like some open & public #WiFi like #Freifunk which requires no registration or anything to use and which are really common...

• And if you really need a phone number then I guess you either have to get a #postpaid #contract or some cheap, #PayAsYouGo - kinda #prepaid option.

Not ideal, but at least affordable to a degree...

Seriously, I think people would have a better deal with #firsty free if they really can't afford anything yet still need data and can be fine with 300 MB/day, but that's a #DataOnly - #eSIM with a shitty #app (tho they use #ads instead of #Tracking as #payment model), but I'd rather recommend some different options even if one can only afford very little.

• Again: If you want something to be actually reachable, a regular-ass #prepaid #SIM (or eSIM ffs...!) will be a better choice anyway.

• And if you only want #data and only need very little of it, there are even cheaper options.

Seriously, shit like #HeliumMobile is just a respin of the #Helium #Shitcoin #Scam and they basically made it a shittier clone of #Netzclub¹ because OFC they do that in the #USA.

• What I do see with this is something preying upon #poor people who may not have another option to have any connectivity and I'm pretty certain this will be weaponized against them.

Cuz by #Germany standards (and those are garbage compared to say the #Netherlands) the paid offerings of #HeliumNetwork are just bad.

• Like #AldiTalk beats them hands down! and that's your domestic #KYC'd #Prepaid option and not an #anonymous #eSIM offer you can just get.

CallYa Flat M Prepaid SIM: #45EUR #Bonus45 #Prepaid #SIM #Vodafone #FlatM – Tarif ohne Vertrag und mit Startguthaben!

https://harris.2ix.de/callya-flat-m-prepaid-tarif-mit-45e-startguthaben-alle-vorteile-im-ueberblick/

@Tronde Orange FR bietet Pre-Paid-Karten mit 60 GB für EUR 17 an

https://boutique.orange.fr/vitrine/offres-prepayees/

#prepaid #internet #sim

@MarkAsser we've been with Telstra prepaid for years and it just works.
$39 prepaid 15gb data rollover (28 days) etc.

#PrePaid #Australia

https://www.telstra.com.au/mobile-phones/prepaid-mobiles/offers-and-rates

Unterwegs mit MagentaMobil Prepaid XL (Corporate Benefits): 60 GB im Monat, nicht verbrauchtes Volumen nehme ich einfach mit in den nächsten Monat. Auch in Indonesien läuft das stabil – 20 GB für zwei Wochen nachgebucht, Anrufe ohne WLAN-Call kosten 29 Cent pro Minute. Andere Anbieter langen da deutlich stärker zu.

#Reisen #Roaming #MagentaMobil #Prepaid #Indonesien #TravelTech #Telekom

📚 Dominikanische Republik: Prepaid-Kunden müssen Identität bestätigen.

• Prepaid-Kunden müssen Identität bestätigen.
• Claro-Kunden bis 28. September.
• Anderen Anbietern folgen.

https://s.hexix.de/s/jy2hOB

#DominikanischeRepublik #Prepaid #Identitätsbestätigung #Claro

@blueluma #privacy and #security are inherently intertwined.

• Anything that reduced privacy also reduces security and every good security system will have privacy not just as a cornerstone, but foundation.

There is no legitimate reason to demand any #PII when there's neither legal mandate (i.e. #KYC / #AML) nor risk of fraud (i.e. #prepaid services).

• Heck, #Signal as a #VCmoneyBurningParty doesn't even offer any "#subscription" whatsoever!

MyDigital ID mandatory for all new prepaid SIM registrations by end of 2025 #digitallife #mydigitalid #news #prepaid #prepaidsimpack #simcard #simregistration #telco

https://soyacincau.com/2025/09/11/malaysia-new-prepaid-sim-mydigital-id-mandatory-verification/

O₂ implementiert ab dem 24. August 2025 in allen Prepaid‑Tarifen 5G, automatisch und ohne Zusatzkosten – auch für Bestandskund:innen. Ab 3. September surft man nach Verbrauch mit bis zu 1 Mbit/s weiter (statt 384 kbit/s).
#5G #Mobilfunk #Prepaid #Telefonica #o2 #Weitersurfgarantie

https://www.5g-anbieter.info/5g-news/o2-weitersurfgarantie-und-5g-fuer-alle-prepaid-kunden

@adisonverlice even if an #MVNO isn't demanding any #KYC whatsoever (i.e. #prepaid are offered OTC in most juristictions) it's NOT "#Anonymous" but merely #pseudonymous as it's trivial for governments to utilize existing and mandtory "#LawfulInterception" appliances to create that #PII chain.

#PhoneNumber <=> #ICCID (#SIMcard) <=> #IMSI (SIM profile) <=> #IMEI (Phone/...).

So if #Anonymity is important, NONE of these details have to be linked somehow even circumstantial.

• Bought/paid for the phone/SIM/ a single top-up with ec/CC/PayPal/SEPA/… = busted due to circumstantial connection.

• Use the SIM in any device? Consider them circumstantially connected forever: #ICCID <=> #IMEI.

• Same applies to #eSIM|s: #EID <=> #ICCID <=> #IMEI.

Add to the fact that most places have #CCTV, and assume that they'll keep recordings for the maximum permissible duration if not longer and oftentimes even use questionable cloud services and you get the picture.

• I.e. in Germany the maximum permissible storage duration is 72 hours (if nothing hapoens that warrants a longer storage i.e. burglary/theft/robbery/arson/...) so anonymous top-ups would necessitate paying cash at a place one's not been known at (i.e. some kiosk) and waiting at least >72 hours (and checking on the purchase location) before redeeming the top-up code (i.e. dialing *104*1234567890123456# )...

So any #privacy-based service should never ever & under no circumstances demand a Phone Number!

• Instead any privacy-focussed service should use #OnionServices, host their own #OnionService or at least #DontBlockTor and allow users to use it via @torproject / #Tor to use and signup. (But don't forget circumstantial connections there either!)

• Also the less details they want or store and the least traffic they generate the harder it is to correlate traffic & users.

#Lebara is een internationale #provider voor #mobiele #telefonie. In #Nederland maakt #Lebara gebruik van het kwaliteitsnetwerk van #KPN. Men biedt #SimOnly #abonnementen en #prepaid #simkaarten. https://www.kieszeker.nl/providers/lebara/

𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗲𝗦𝗜𝗠 𝘇𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: 𝗸𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘃𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗢𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗼 (𝗔𝗗𝗩)

Odido introduceert SimWallet: een nieuwe, prepaid eSIM die je zonder abonnement kunt gebruiken op dagen dat je extra veel data nodig hebt. Ook als je geen Odido-klant bent, kun je van deze dienst gebruikmaken.

https://www.iculture.nl/deals/simwallet-odido-adv/

#Prepaid #eSIM #SimWallet

@gabrielesvelto @Mozilla @mozilla_support @fuchsiii yes, and #Mozilla deciding to fragment #FirefoxOS more by basically letting #MNO / #MVNO run the #AppStores instead of having a reference one made it worse than the chinese domestic market cuz at leadt there one can just get an agent to enshure one's apps are in all #Android AppStores there...

• It really felt like a regression in a time when even #prepaid providers in #Germany stopped #NetLock|ing & #SimLock|ing devices and #ALDItalk was the established prepaid leader with a €2,99 flat between it's clients.

@gabrielesvelto I still remember #FirefoxOS and I'm still mad at @Mozilla / @mozilla_support / #Mozilla for self-sabotaging because neither me nor @fuchsiii nor anyone else I knew who did #WebDev / #AppDev / #MobileDev could even buy a device.

• The only device that I was aware of launched in the #EU was a #SimLock'd & #NetLock'd #prepaid phone in #Spain which wouldn't sell it to us since they demanded #KYC with a spanish residency address.

I mean it's cool that one could just use #Firefox as #Emulator but no #mobile #OperatingSystem will have any chance of market attraction if one cannot buy the bloody thing!

• Same like #OpenMoko: I'd love to get a #Neo1973 but none of the phone and electronic stores had it (and back then I was under 16 so I couldn't just make an account at an online shop)…

Hmm, ich weiß nicht, ob ich noch so lange damit hinkomme... 🤔

#vodafone #prepaid #mobilfunk

@panigrc @finalstaticfox @dansup Also there's nothing preventing retailers from accepting #Monero directly given it's cheaper than credit cards with <1% fee and the advantage that unlike a #CreditCard, one cannot do #ChargeBack|s with #Monero, thus a major cost factor (#insurance against #CreditCardFraud) falls off the table (which is how #PaySafeCard got big because it's a #prepaid-only option with damages limited to the voucher balance...

#NotLegalAdvice #NotFinancialAdvice

@ohno_itsnate Granted, the #USA is a garbage market in terms of devices and networks, way worse than #Germany was in the 1990s cuz even then #NetLock & #SimLock was so unpopular that no #postpaid #customer accepted those and even in #prepaid with subsidized handsets they got basically boycotted out of the market in the early 2000s.

I do acknowledge that @GrapheneOS has valid reasons why they keep few devices supported (tho granted it's up to #vendors to up their game - their demands ain't absurd nor unfulfillable!)...

Ein 94 Jahre alter Herr hat mich auf Reise in A um Hilfe wegen Mobiltelefon (Prepaid/Telekom) gebeten. Er kann nicht telefonieren, Guthaben ist aufgebraucht. Er weiss nicht warum. Ich habe ihm online 15 Euro aufgeladen, die umgehend aufgebraucht waren. Hotline ist telefonisch nicht zu erreichen. Heute im Telekom-Laden verlangen sie eine Vollmacht oder persönliches Erscheinen - für eine simple Nachfrage nach Roaming-Gebühren. Keine Gefahr von Missbrauch. #telekom #prepaid #service #servicewueste