How to achieve mobile anonymity during Pandemic Police State
Last week a new digital surveillance legislation was approved in Slovakia, giving access to location data of Slovak citizens without the court order.
Slovakia is a country where it is not possible to sell or buy anonymous SIM cards, and all Slovak SIM cards have to be registered with ID (national ID or passport).
A few days ago, I sent more than 30 Czech anonymous SIM cards to my Slovak friends helping them to protect their privacy. There is a significant need for these SIM cards (some Czech started even OpenBazaar e-shop)
Unfortunately, the Czech secret agency is trying to ban these anonymous SIM cards so that they will be likely prohibited soon.
Providing anonymous SIM cards in some countries (like Hungary) can be interpreted as a hinder of monitoring implementation, a crime with a prison sentence up to 3 years.
Henceforth, the Penal Code lays down that anyone who hinders the implementation of disease control isolation, observation, quarantine or monitoring ordered with a view to preventing the introduction or spread of a communicable disease coming under compulsory quarantine or imposed during an epidemic is punishable with a prison sentence extending to three years. If the same crime is committed in a group, imprisonment extends from one to five years, while if the same crime causes fatalities, the punishment is imprisonment for two to eight years.
Mobile anonymity is becoming a precious thing, like never before.
I made a comparison of many different eSIM global providers and found just three of them that accept crypto and can be used to obtain anonymous eSIM cards.
Use a secure anonymous phone and VPN/Tor
To use this eSIM card most securely, you should install it to the phone, which has never been associated with your identity (i.e., you never use it with your personal SIM cards). If you do not have such a phone, you can buy it, e.g., at https://Alza.cz in an anonymous way and pay by your favorite cryptocurrency. They have a lot of phones supporting eSIM technology.
Also, I recommend doing all shopping through your VPN or Tor browser. Be aware; all payments are made in crypto only.
You should be able to use this eSIM card in all eSIM compatible phones including these:
Smartphones
iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max
Google Pixel 3/3XL, Google Pixel 3A/3A XL, Google Pixel 4/4XL
Samsung Galaxy Fold LTE model
Samsung Galaxy S20, S20+, S20 Ultra (eSIM international models)
Samsung Z Flip
Motorola Razr 2020
Tablets with embedded eSIM
iPad Pro 11 and 12.9 -inch Wi-Fi + Cellular (3rd Gen)
iPad Air Wi-Fi + Cellular (3rd Gen)
iPad mini Wi-Fi + Cellular (5th Gen)
Gemini PDA
Windows 10 PC's
Lenovo Yoga 630, HP Spectre Folio
There is a benchmark website comparing multiple global eSIMs, but from all of them, only eSIM2Fly supports crypto (I will describe this eSIM provider later).