cell phone anonymity

[Declan McCullagh]

Just got to your local cell phone dealer (even blockbuster here
in DC) and buy an AT&T prepaid cell phone for cash.

-Declan


On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 11:49:10PM +0100, Mats O. Bergstrom wrote:
> At 10:06 2001-01-07 -0800, montag montag wrote:
> >Please post the actual experiences about obtaining a
> >pre-paid cell phone
> 
> GSM/Europe
> 1) Buy a cell phone and pay cash
> 2) Buy a GSM cash-card and pay cash
> 3) Don4t send in the registration form to get that extra half hour!  :-)
> 
> To stall traffic analysis - buy many GSM cash-cards and change
> frequently - they are only around USD 10 (not counting the prepaid
> calling time). I don't believe the cell phone is sending it's serial
> number (but who - except for deep insiders and possibly Lucky Green -
> knows for sure?).
> 
> //Mob
>