The latest news from Pakistan (Pakistan Province Blocks Sim Cards Of The Unvaccinated) got me thinking.
They specifically want to block SIM access, not internet access per se.
Over the last few years, we have been slowly weened into coupling our identity with two-factor authentication (2FA), in order to log in to online banking and other services. This has been done "for our own safety", of course.
But 2FA consists of either an Authenticator app (provided by Google or Microsoft, predominantly), our email address (most people use a free email, provided by Google or Microsoft, predominantly), or our cell number (and therefore our SIM).
If they "banned" a person from the internet, he could just use a friend/family's internet to access his accounts. But when his very identity is tied to a few globalist corporations, or a SIM, he could be fully denied from accessing his accounts.
The SIM is the only control factor that they don't fully control. Hence that is the thing they ban.
Just like with 9/11 and the Patriot Act, they've used "security" as the means to tie us up. Yes, people use bad passwords and 2FA is a decent concept, but the execution has given power to a centralized few.
Consider what services you rely on, frens, and what you would do if they denied you access!
Protonmail, patriotmobile, open source 2fa app (can also be installed on an emulator -- no phone required). Done, done and done.
I'll check the base version, thanks for link.
If your MFA is tied to a phone number and sending a code via SMS, you don't have MFA. There's a good reason it's marked not acceptable by every Infosec governing / advisory body- it's not secure in any way, shape, or form.
Stay away from Google's and Microsoft's authenticators as well, both have been intercepted and replayed in a couple well-published hacks by Iran last year.
Use HOTP, TOTP or OATH/FIDO2 with a Yubikey or an app like Authy or Duo.
avoid 2FA at all costs if you humanly can.
they pushed 2FA under the guise of "keeping you safe"
Learn how to keep yourself safe, never put trust in another place to do that.
You folks better start learning the line "I have no cell phone"
and live by it too.
It'll back you in a corner without knowing it, so put them down asap.
Love this thread; love the replies. Saving a hardcopy in case SHTF. Thanks pedes.
This is a good point. Can we remove the 2FA from our accounts easily?
You can delete your cellphone number from Amazon and still buy stuff (if you really must!)
I don't hAve a free cell phone mom.
I use a telephone number from a free VOIP app.
No SIM involved.
SIM is a link to your location.
Think 911 calls and where you are - SIM linking is to find where you are in real time.
Love this thread; love the replies. Saving a hardcopy in case SHTF. Thanks pedes.
Whenever they ask me for email, I say I don't use Internet.
Whenever I need phone number, I use a secondary soft VOIP number.
Don't fall for their tricks.
2FA is a Scam.
Next they will ask for something You Are - biometrics!
Be ready to say you can't afford Smart Phone, nor the fees.
Fight back!