One can start by minimizing their interaction with government entities, and resteicting information given to corporations. Whenever some gov/corp representative wants my physical address, and won't ac...
GrapheneOS does disable the BLE beacons. Only ~1 year old phones, other than ~2 year old Apple phones, do this.
I know this because I use BLE Radar and can see all of the devices around me within ~100m range everywhere I go — washing machines, fridges, televisions, laptops, headsets, speakers.
My Bluetooth headset, a Sony thing, keeps broadcasting the beacon even though there is no sign of it being alive. It continues to do that, likely until it runs out of power.
AirTags do this too — they only beacon, but their batteries will keep doing this for about a year.
The issue of address: the only way I can currently provide "proof" is to upload a PDF of an invoice from Starlink. I have to do this because, for reasons I guess must be the content of this conversation, Xapo Bank is asking twenty questions about everything.
I'm giving them minimal numbers because I only use the bank with Lightning, mostly for loading it up. One of their questions is "how much and how many individual deposits do you intend to make?"
I basically just do it, mostly once a week, and only ever to cover immediate spending requirements. I don't exchange it to fiat until point of sale.
At this point, if they get more intrusive, I'm going to bite the bullet and start P2P trading for fiat. Right now they are already hitting my red line.
I know this because I use BLE Radar and can see all of the devices around me within ~100m range everywhere I go — washing machines, fridges, televisions, laptops, headsets, speakers.
My Bluetooth headset, a Sony thing, keeps broadcasting the beacon even though there is no sign of it being alive. It continues to do that, likely until it runs out of power.
AirTags do this too — they only beacon, but their batteries will keep doing this for about a year.
The issue of address: the only way I can currently provide "proof" is to upload a PDF of an invoice from Starlink. I have to do this because, for reasons I guess must be the content of this conversation, Xapo Bank is asking twenty questions about everything.
I'm giving them minimal numbers because I only use the bank with Lightning, mostly for loading it up. One of their questions is "how much and how many individual deposits do you intend to make?"
I basically just do it, mostly once a week, and only ever to cover immediate spending requirements. I don't exchange it to fiat until point of sale.
At this point, if they get more intrusive, I'm going to bite the bullet and start P2P trading for fiat. Right now they are already hitting my red line.
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