Comments by "Misty Culous" (@mistyculous9644) on "Using Phones with No-SIM Cards and Other Privacy Experiments" video.

  1. great idea!! But someone would stop paying their bill on the phone you have when they lost or damaged the phone they happen to have. That might work better in a small town where everyone knows everyone else.
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  2. ...unless you live in an "off grid" type of situation that justifies it in a practical way.
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  3. everyone who makes high content videos has it planned out what they're going to say, probably written in notes they can use like a tele-prompter. But yes, Rob KNOWS all this stuff!
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  4. unfortunately, your i phone still is part of a Mesh Network that's used with "find my phone" even when your iphone is turned OFF! An improvement that you can do is to learn "Browser isolation" because then each browser targeting your privacy cannot trade info with another one. I find it handy to pretend I'm an author with separate characters who use each browser.
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  5. Essentially, there's quite a bit of very relevant information in security tech that exists on Rob's channel right here...for FREE. All you need to do is to "binge-watch." On Brax.me, (Rob's social network site he made) we've got a collection of transcriptions too, if you can read faster than you can listen.
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  6. Come to Brax.me and get the low down from the rest of us who are congregated there to help the newbies.
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  7. you cannot remove an e-sim.
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  8. depends on what provider you can find.
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  9.  @EfficientRVer  yeah, getting more privacy makes me fell as if I"m in a spy movie, LOL
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  10. It's always gratifying when someone else reinforces the advantages of what you've invented/put together on your own, isn't it?
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  11.  @Mr.Robert1  Rob's social network is Brax.me where you can look in the STORE for a place to donate directly to Rob. Brax. me only requires a password and username for signup. (Your email will never get nagged if you choose to provide it to Brax.me for account recovery purposes.)
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  12. tell us more about "text now"and how that would or might work ?
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  13. I hear from others that they have configured the Brax VPN Router to be used with other VPN providers, so it's not only useful with bytzVPN.com, (but using BytzVPN is a great way to sponsor this channel.)
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  14. Rob is American - but his ancestry were from the Philippines
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  15. Rob responds better to one sentence, simplified questions. In the comments, we've got his attention for a bit when he first makes the weekly video, then he's a busy guy somewhere else! The best place to get your question answered is to ask it on Brax.me in one of the community chats that Rob responds regularly in.
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  16. please come to Brax.me and ask this question in "Rob Subcriber Chat" OK? Rob has done a featured video on e-sim sometime I think in March or April, 2024
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  17. this channel is a really high-content place to learn a little bit at a time, if you're interested in stretching your brain.
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  18. You are observant and correct, according to Rob in other videos about iphones. Perhaps, unknown to you, the phone you purchased had an e-SIM already installed that cannot be removed? Rob recommends using only degoogled Android phones and not iphones. iphones have a mesh network that connect even when there is no SIM in them and the iphone is powered OFF...ihphones cannot be "de-appled."
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  19. the premium Ooma is $10. a month that includes use of the App - after buying the yearly service which is anywhere from $49 - $110. for the Ooma "box" that's like an answering machine - depending on specials.
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  20.  @newtonfirefly3584  Rob advises us to "get around" some of this by adopting a 'stage name' when we're on Social networking and using browser & device isolation. We could use your tips and knowledge over on Rob's social network: Brax.me. Mostly the programmers there hang out in the Linux Talk community chat. Please join us!
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  21. yes, and the "degoogled" phones have a really long battery life also when the google reporting back is removed.
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  22. Brax.me only requires a username and a password. then you can see the STORE once you are on Brax.me.
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  23. no, but you can reveal these connections by not using what Rob called: Browser Isolation. Meaning, giving each browser the means to cross-reference and index what the other providers are doing. (Don't use a gmail address on Amazon.com for instance.)
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  24. Please join the "Linux Chat" after joining Rob's social network and support site: Brax.me Or, you can ask your question again in the "New Users Lobby" once you get into Brax.me.
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  25. Every app has a "learning curve," LOL. I think Rob should make another New Video about how to use Brax.me, personally. For starters on using Brax.me: invent a fun user name at signup. Remember your password. There aren't any nag screens to remind you to return to Brax.me - so remember to come back once you have signed up. On the first screen as you arrive in Brax, you'll see a "Platform Tour." Do that to get familiar with how to use the Brax app. You can "swipe right" or select the "five lines" to get to the main menu selections from almost anywhere on Brax. There's a "New User Lobby" behind the "chats" section - this is where you can ask questions about how to navigate and where to go. You can select other community chats under the "CHAT" area on the main menu and selecting "community." Join some and start typing! It's a fun, intelligent crowd of characters there on Brax. me I prefer to get into the "settings" area , "my account settings" and change the "Enter Sends in Chat" to "Disable." Then I use the "greater than" in a circle to "send in chat."
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  26.  @1N2themystic  go to Brax.me and check out the phones is the STORE area of Brax.
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  27. Come to Brax.me for payment mediums accepted in the STORE there on Brax.me
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  28.  @hxhdfjifzirstc894  doesn't matter because you're using your old 2G phone to connect via WiFi, not use with a SIM, right?
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  29. No, not yet. But there are certain others in the Brax.me Linux Chat who have degoogled Linux tablets themselves.
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  30.  @49walker44  you and Nadia Ahmad can connect on Rob's encrypted chat site: Brax.me (Corresponding by email is like writing postcards to each other)
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  31. ..because any "dumb phone" nowadays seeks to triangulate it's location by searching for where to connect to WiFi - it's hard wired and you cannot "turn off" this Wifi triangulation.
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  32. Any used smart phone will work without a SIM connected to your home network. If you need a "real" phone that won't track you using a SIM, Cheapest is to get a used Pixel - after you go into Brax.me FAQ and find out how to check for OEM unlocking - different from "carrier unlocked." After you know you have an OEM unlocked phone, send the phone into Rob for him to degoogle it for an additional $130. then don't put a million apps on it!
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  33. HAM radio - because it's very tricky to digitally use an analog system.
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  34. You use the alternative: Aurora Store - it has Google Play apps but "Spoofs" a google identification.
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  35. tell us how that works?
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  36. tell me more - what's a "barrel adapter"??
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  37. To avoid Paypal robbing my bank account, I have specified to my Credit Union to not pay out more than is in an unused savings account that I have connected to Paypal. When needed, I transfer by phone ONLY the amount needed to buy something specific into that account and then I spend it right away, leaving only Five bucks or so in that account to keep it open. There's also Postal Money Orders - right now no identification needed when bought with cash.
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  38. good idea
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  39. no, Ooma phones do not receive or transmit text messages. However, there are other apps that can do this that Rob has reviewed previously. Rob now has his own very reasonably priced VOIP service with very limited texting designed to be used rarely for 2-Factor Authentication. (Find more about it on Brax.me - ask in the New Users Lobby)
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  40. buy at bytzVPN.com and signup on Brax.me to manage your new VPN; then get the Brax Router software (Now using a NUC instead of a Rasberry Pi.)
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  41. yes, it's a surprise how a smart phone without a SIM is so useful when accessing a Wifi connection, isn't it?
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  42.  @kathydavis2764  Yes, SIMs are great when wifi is nowhere near you. From wifi triangulation without a VPN, location would be successfully tracked. But while using Wifi, cell towers are not involved. Wifi "teathers" you to the (often 30 ft. radius) wifi signal; but it's who knows YOU because who owns the wifi might not be YOU. When you use a cell tower your phone provider knows you, when you're using Wifi and a phone app to call - who you are known as depends on how you created the account and how you logged in on that user name.
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  43. Rob has since made videos and a live stream about eSim issues; in March 2024
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  44. Currently, Rob has written software for use on NUC little computers as a BraxRouter. He charges $99. to send you the file that you add onto a storage card going into a NUC or PI - you must specify which you are using.
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  45. In march, 2024, Rob has done a video and live stream about e-SIM dangers
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  46. If you two would like to get together and do this setting up, it would be securely encrypted to use Rob's social network site, brax.me to chat while you're doing it.
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