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 https://www.wired.com/story/new-anonymous-phone-carrier-sign-up-with-nothing-but-a-zip-code/

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With his new startup, Merrill says he instead wants to offer cellular
service for your existing phone that makes near-total mobile privacy the
permanent, boring default of daily life in the US. “We're not looking to
cater to people doing bad things,” says Merrill. “We're trying to help
people feel more comfortable living their normal lives, where they're
not doing anything wrong, and not feel watched and exploited by giant
surveillance and data mining operations. I think it’s not controversial
to say the vast majority of people want that.”

That’s the thinking behind Phreeli, the phone carrier startup Merrill
launched today, designed to be the most privacy-focused cellular
provider available to Americans.
...

Phreeli won’t, at least, offer a platform for spammers and robocallers,
Merrill says. Even without knowing users’ identities, he says the
company will block that kind of bad behavior by limiting how many calls
and texts users are allowed, and banning users who appear to be gaming
the system. “If people think this is going to be a safe haven for
abusing the phone network, that’s not going to work,” Merrill says.
...