Im looking to buy monero privately, and so i want to remove myself as much as possible. the easiest way to buy some on localmonero.co is thru paypal. i was looking to use google voice maybe? just make a new gmail for it? idk tho, what yall think?

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    1 year ago

    get a burner phone and have a homeless person pay for it with cash… so you dont get on cameras (make sure you dont bring it home, dont have your regular phone next to it, dont drive with it while its ON, avoid all cameras, etc…)

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    It really depends on where you are located. Some jurisdictions allow activation of SIM cards without personal info, some do not. Then there’s the matter of physical and financial surveillance.

    But seriously, unless you are actually that desperate for some reason, why would you have a hobo pay for a burner phone? Wouldn’t that being recorded on camera be more suspicious?

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        you can make a google account without a phone number by using an android 4 device.
        also what i nean is you can just get a sim card from a normal carrier or any reseller (go with resellers if possible, like small kiosks/grocery stores that resell sim card boxes).
        This may not work in countries sith mandatory id verification for phone numbers tho

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    ik google and privacy dont go together very well lol. ideally free? but privacy costs money so it is what it is.

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    Use your Sim only when you’re far away from your house. Avoid eSim, as they require to register with a carrier.

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    1 year ago

    Cant you just buy pre-paid SIM cards in nearly any store?