Anonymous Phone Numbers Are Here with Silent Link!
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 25. 07. 2024
- Anonymous burner phone numbers are hard to come by, especially without VOIP services like Google Voice. Let's review Silent.link, an anonymous eSIM provider making it easy!
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00:00 Introduction
00:25 Our Sponsor!
00:51 Silent.link Overview & Experience
03:16 Silent.link vs VOIP
04:08 Silent.link Issues
05:45 Our Sponsor!
06:02 Final Thoughts
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Can you do a review on PURISM Librum 5 phone.
And can you do a video on how to do a ABSOLUTE ANONYMOUS. dual sim phone.
@@JTL1776 We've had one ordered for almost 3 years. It'd be nice to actually have a phone to review
I was literally only just talking about this subject with a friend yesterday, so Iâve just sent him the link for this vid. Itâs also great that you acknowledge those of us outside the U.S.! If this service irons out their kinks and becomes successful then I hope itâs just a matter of time until they, or something very similar, is available here as well. Definitely something to keep an eye on.
Thank you!
I've been looking for a service like this for a while. This is awesome. Thanks, Techlore.
Never caught a video this early. Well done.
Thank you for this. I always felt like most burner apps didn't really care about privacy and security.
I think this is really cool. I haven't used it, but I'll look into it! great video
"Why should we trust you more than regular US carriers?" I think we have the answer right there. đ
This is a very important video. Thanks for this
It would be worth noting that in most cases this number is not anonymous.
That's because phone sends a whole lot of information about itself to the operator. IMEI, IMSI, Device serial number and other identifiers.
Additionally, the operator can install some type of software. So if we ever used (no matter physical or virtual), SIM card or if ever logged from a place that can de-nomimize us( all we need is a phone in ours pocket during a visit to a shopping center or when the phone is within range of the wifi network at home, at work at school. Even if the wifi is turned off and there is no SIM card inside) , we will not be anonymous. (No SIM card phone also sends IMEI, location etc. To the operator)
Just take the existence of IMEI into consideration and use a new/different phone if necessary.
@@noname-ph6ueOf course it is as you say.
After changing the phone to a new one bought in some anonymous way, we will enjoy anonymity. Until we find ourselves with this phone within the range of any wifi or or mobile network. If you drive 5 km through the city with the phone in the trunk, be sure that it will be clear which car phone was traveling
@@DeepThinker. without disconnecting (faraday bag or no device at all) thereâs no way around this. But while itâs not very private, itâs still anonymous. Thereâs no link to your true identity with that phone/IMEI, that SIM/number, or anything on the device like an account. Itâs essentially some anonymous burner phone thatâs being triangulated and tracked but no association to any specific identity.
Glad someone is talking about this site, I love it
Thank you!
Nice. Clear and very helpful.
Game changer. Love this channel!
Don`t know exactly what it is, but my spidey senses screams honey pot.
I just realized in the background you have a davinci resolve speed editor đđđ
woah nice, me too!!!!
makes some things a bit easier tbh
Whois shows Epik as registrar. Thatâs a big red flag for me.
This should have more upvotes.
People keep asking who this dude is and he's talking about his right to privacy, but he seems to have renewed his domain after the epik breach. That's an even bigger flag. I'd have changed my registrar over security concerns, the response, and so people wouldn't immediately know they could find me in a breach by looking up my registrar.
Go figure.
It's good but esims are new, I'm waiting for it to mature a bit as I'm sure better companies are going to start to pop up once this is standardized
I'm sure they have to log imei from which a warrant will make them produce the imei then the abc's can track the imei to an old provider or store where it was bought in theory.
Canât you spoof your IMEI and other identifiers?
Seems interesting. I have the same concerns/questions as you and would like to see them sorted out. My home country's authoritarianism fetishists have passed a mandatory sim identification process a few years ago, so we basically have to trust providers to not log every single one of our steps, which is worrying to say the least. But with so little information and a US-only offer this feels a lot like an FBI honeypot that actually tracks you even more closely. Especially the lack of an xmr payment option makes me think that whoever is behind it has set this up to find drug money wallets
It's not a US-only offer. We don't even know who gets this or that phone number, could be a person from any country. We used to sell UK numbers and maybe will, maybe other contries too, just the demand is much less than for US numbers.
@@noname-ph6ue assuming you're an official account, do you have any plans of presenting yourself as a proper organization/company in the future? For privacy focused users, a relatively large amount of trust is involved when it comes to phone providers. Which is hard when we don't know who's behind it. Though if your service is targeted at people working outside of the law I get if you don't want that. Also if I may ask, what's the reason xmr isn't available?
@@majorfallacy5926 If you are looking for privacy for yourself please be respectful to the privacy of your service provider as well.
Looks like you are more interested in transparency. It kinda contradicts privacy in many ways.
XMR payments are welcome and widely used, please check our FAQ
@@noname-ph6ue the problem is that full privacy for the user often demands transparency from the people who hold all the cards (you). Or a cryptographic way to secure my data, which isn't possible in the case of phone providers. But if I ever need a burner phone for something other than private daily use, I'll keep you in mind :)
@@majorfallacy5926 I was just having this discussion with this CZcams user in another thread. I donât know if this person writing here is a real representative of the service or not.
Assuming they are, their staunch refusal to reveal *anything* whatsoever about the company, along with their tone of message has made me uneasy about trusting them.
When a privacy-focused service refuses to reveal _anything_ about the company âin the name of privacyâ, weâll thatâs a big red flag in my book. Unless this company is targeting people who are doing illegal activities, then it would make sense.
I'll stick with my $1 mint mobile trial sims 59$ is insane
It's $59/year, not a month. (Just to clarify) Sounds like a good setup for $1/m trials via Mint if you don't need a long-term number!
Explain more pls
It seems like if they were legit they wouldnât need to hide information about their company. Too shady to me, even though I would like to have an anonymous phone number.
@Sodium Chloride
Yup, they don't even mention if they don't record calls. Sounds like some shady place piggybacking off a U.S. provider.
We respect privacy of our users to the maximum extent possible, by not collecting any information.
We also expect our users to give us the same rights for privacy.
If you want transparency, you can go to any of the vendors who accept credit card payments and KYC the hell out of you.
â@@noname-ph6ue This is the shadiest reply
@@noname-ph6ue I really want to give you the benefit of the doubt, but
your users are people, and they're going to generate a bunch of metadata that can deanonymize them. You offer your service through a company, and that allows you to shield your real identity without having to be circumspect.
Is there some sort of identity requirement from the local carriers that you feel leaves you exposed? Would you be interested in talking with someone like Techlore or Braxman so that we could at least get a better idea of how your service works?
I'm really interested because of some of your website's claims, and I'd rather trust the technology than your identity, but there's not enough info there for me to do that.
I was browsing through the comments did anybody tried this who is not living in US can anybody share their experience?
Can the e-sim be swapped by hackers?
What do you think about the burner app
How can I buy anonymously "burner" (or "gift") prepaid debit cards and prepaid "burner" phones (no KYC)?
I don't want my communications, transactions, movements, or locations tracked.
IDK...smells like a rotten salmon
Unfortunately, this doesn't work for me. Not only don't I own a phone with eSIM capability, but I'd actually need a fully anonymous real SIM card (micro or nano SIM). Doesn't even need to support calls or SMS, although calls would be nice (and: within the EU, please). Because what I already have is a 4G LTE phone with a randomizeable IMEI, so that SIM card would allow me to be fully anonymous on the internet (the phone can run as a Wifi hotspot)....
Just buy a normal prepaid sim card on eBay for one euro.
I have two physical sim cards in my phone currently. I'm going to try silent link and see if it works so I have three lines.
2 of 3 would work simultaneously
Hi guys, can someone quickly answer this question for me: Does this new E SIM Link service require that you already have a traditional physical SIM CARD that is active with
a regular carrier? (I didn' tthink so, but I'm new to this niche side of privacy/smartphones, etc..and I'm confused now after reading all these comments below involving
MINT)
No, but WiFi connection during activation is required.
A great service, but Q: if I was in a country other than US, wouldn't that prevent me from "blending in the crowd"?
5:30 that is the biggest question mark for me. They disabled it on purpose to protect your identity so they don't want you to actually use normal phone calls whether in or outbound. So how do I call people? With WhatsApp?
Signal
@@leb23q50 so it's completely useless.. you dont even need a sim card to make phone calls with WhatsApp Telegram Signal etc
@@estebanod u need one to sign up foo
no outbound phone calls?
ooooof, deal breaker.
What about prism?
One of the perk is to "display your name in video" - comparing of teaching privacy... it's weird )))
What's wrong with hushed?
Which companyâs cell towers does it use?
seems like t-mobile & at&t in the us
Yeah thereâs a lot of info theyâre not telling. Which cellphone companies have they partnered with so they can roam on their towers? Who are these people? I canât believe a company would market themselves as a privacy solution but not tell us who they are, where theyâre based etc. Signal shows us every time the government asks for info on a user, this site makes no such mention of transparency. I see way more red flags than solutions here. Just my $0.02.
@@tobybartlett Because Signal asks you for your phone number and installs their app to your phone whereas we do not.
Partnered local network providers are listed in the Prices section of our website
@@noname-ph6ue Thank you for answering one of my questions! Do you have any information about the company? Who founded it? Who runs it? Where is it based? Do you have transparency reports for people to read? The more information, the better.
@@tobybartlett you may also be interested in the following questions:
- who are our clients?
- where they live?
- what they do?
The answer is no.
We are privacy provider, if you want transparency - please look elsewhere.
All network operators record your calls and sell your location data, how does their transparency help you?
We are not asking to trust us with anything more than you would trust any mobile service provider, but less.
What carrier is it?
Carriers are listed in the Prices section
why not hushed? you don't explain the reasons
Inbound calls and data would be good for a tablet, yes?
How much data?
Not sure how to buy it with crypto...
is that 59 a year?
honeypot?
What is the difference between this service and a prepaid sim card?
Your number is always roaming so, they claim, it makes it more difficult for an ISP to triangulate your location. Seems dubious.
Why is Hush hated? I curious........
- Plethora of trackers in their app: reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/com.hushed.release/latest/
- Reports of poor usability & performance on devices with MicroG (and some reports on standard Android devices as well) - Can confirm on MicroG it does not work well.
- Previously claimed anonymity on their website despite needing normal payment info, an email, and using Google & Facebook trackers inside the app (These claims have since been removed)
The good: It's one of the only commercial services that works on microG. The app is better when kept inside a work profile & second user account, but overall just a very invasive app. Sometimes a necessary evil though if you need a secondary phone number.
@@techlore I've heard numerous people say Hushed was sketchy but never elaborated why. Thanks for the info!
4:17 Our gateways are in Europe aNd ISrael, hence yOu can enjoy uNreStriced internet access in cOunties that are blockiNg free acceSs tO...
If you were in China you wouldn't mind using internet gateway in Israel or in Europe...
I'm dual booting stock OOS and lineage with micro g. Would you recommend Calyx OS instead?
I believe one big difference is that Calyx allows locking of the bootloader and Lineage does not, could be wrong though.
@@futurecactus Ahhh ok, thank you!
@@futurecactus You can lock the bootloader on both. I believe Calyx is based on Lineage.
What are your step to dual boot
@@futurecactus Plus it has microG optional install so you can still use Google Play apps if you choose to...
I had to watch this video twice just to make sure I wasn't missing something but....what are the use cases for this service? Inbound calls only, expensive data, almost no transparency from the company. This just seems like all downsides for no benefit.
You can use a sip number for outgoing calls, but checking for incoming calls drains your battery pretty quickly. Also, text support is limited and cumbersome. With this you could forward your sip number to this service's incoming number and it wouldn't drain any more battery than your typical phone number would. That would cost something like a dollar a month per number, and you could have as many incoming numbers as you wanted.
They also claim to somehow shield your number and location from the local provider, but I'm not sure how they could do that. If they actually can, then that's pretty great too.
The carrier and local provider would still get a fingerprint from your texting and probably incoming call metadata, so I'm not sure to what extent any of this would help or matter, but there are definitely reasons someone might want to use this service.
You can use this number without anyone being able to identify who the user is. In effect you can hide from the government. They often track phone numbers when they want to lock someone up.
2.2 GB is not enough. Itâs good for people who donât really use mobile data.
ÎNĂM, meow?
Anonymity for a day or two - real nice! ;)
That's probably the use case. Use monero to buy the esim. Use it for a very short amount of time away from home, then delete it. Order a new sim next time you need super privacy.
How is this any different than just buying a sim in cash for a month?
4:17 internet gateways in Europe and Israel
For clarity, silent.link is non-voip?
Correct. Silent link is real phone numbers, not VOIP numbers.
that hair...you are too cute
he is straight
@@Daniel_RO-TM straight men can be cute... I certainty am very cute, my mom said it to me... đđ€Ł
@@estudiordl straight men would prefer to be called like that by a female at most. with the mom is something else, its ok.
When did he say he was straight
@@oldaccount7463 sometime you were not present at the place.
Sounds like a honey pot, the fact that they don't accept monero natively is also sketchy.
If you want to pay with Monero, we provide you with this option. Native or not, that's our business, sorry.
The only negative I've seen is the connections to Israel
I have a question though, do the US numbers work for people outside of the US?
Wow, you removed my comment? You censor comments? I didn't say anything against you.
CZcams randomly removes comments, it's not us
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Its difficult to setup Google voice on a de-googled phone.... WHAHAHAHAHHA the irony.
You keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means
@@techlore The irony of de-googling your phone and then use a Google product to make phone calls, is that makes all that work pointless đ€·đŒââïž
@@Stoney_Eagle yeah no shit, no one is disagreeing with that obvious statement
No outbound call !!!! Sounds sketchy
Elaborate please
Sounds overpriced beta, at best, and a scam, most likely, or even a honeypot. No outbound calls, (i.e. not a substitute for an actual phone number, not even for voip), US only, and for a hefty price, you might as well just buy a burner. And the lack of information on the company website just nails it, I wouldn't use it even if it was cheap.
Outbound calls are blocked for two reasons:
1. It makes no sense to use an anonymous eSIM with legacy phone calls. You will get voice-fingerprinted and throw your anonymity out of the window.
Use VOIP for outbound calls. It's much more safe and private.
Unless you want to speak on record.
2. Billing for voice calls is still a mess (it's roaming!), we wouldn't be able to give any pricing on it.
@@noname-ph6ue spam
So in the first minute of this video- u start asking for money! Y? What value have u giving me so far? Zero! Kinda sad to ask for $$ before even showing us one thing
So basically its utterly useless to anyone who doesn't live in usa. In fact, most are us only.
It's not us only. A US number can be used on the whole globe too.
One day you will understand that no one needs shitcoins for anything.
Though, this is all kind of useless if it only works in the US, basically only the gringos would be able to get silent link.
No out going calls?!? So itâs a pager đ