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      Yupppp; same here.

      I think the Librem 5 (may’ve been another phone) came with a hole to attach to a keychain so it’s the only one that I constantly have on me solely because someone thought to design for it.

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      I never throw out boxes, because I know as soon as I’m unable to get it back I’ll need it for something.

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      Finding the one that is small enough to pull off the job has been a pain. Recently switched to a new phone… And I struggled until I found

      Just. The. Perfect. Paperclip.

      And then I immediately dropped it between the center console and seat of my car.

      I’ll find it eventually. One day.

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          Needle is pointy. Needle sometimes does not push button. Needle digs in and makes doubt and concern.

          Needle may work, but requires dedication that causes anxiety. Needle maybe will break things inside and the only way to know for sure is to hit a very uncomfortable point of no return for the result.

          Needle is danger maybe, and I hate the needle for that. But sometimes needle is necessary.

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    it’s within my phone’s protection case, so i do have it right now. Also, anecdote, a random stranger on a bus was switching sim cards, and asked me if I have the tool, which I indeed I had!

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    I open so many tablets and shit at my work I have preferences on form. Samsung has the worst ones.

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    I found a pencil holder I had in the 1990s. It has these little drawers for erasers and stuff. I was like “oh cool, I can fill the rest of these with my SD cards and USB sticks.”

    So, while cleaning my desk looking for those, I found one of these. I was like “I’m pretty sure I had at least 2 of these.” …I found three.

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      If you’re using a burner SIM in your regular phone then it’s not really a burner SIM.

      Fine if you’re just using it to hide your phone number companies, but if you’re hiding from the authorities then it’s the devices IMEI which is going to sell you out I’m afraid.

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        IMEI’s can be changed. (Which is highly illegal in many jurisdictions) It’s not really worth the effort, I use it for when i need a new phone number for something and don’t want it immediately tied to me commercially. If hiding from the authorities, don’t use unencrypted comms.

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          They can but I don’t believe the average burner phone user would even know how.

          I’m no expert but you would need to flash the firmware for the baseband modem. But then you would need a valid IMEI and then what happens with network collisions if it’s already on the network.

          How do you verify you’re actually broadcasting the spoofed IMEI without some hardware to intercept the signals being sent out.

          Just seems like a lot of effort when you can just use burner phones and not run the risk. With OPSec you only need to screw up once.

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    I have one in my wallet - they are quite handy for cleaning lint out when the phone charging port inevitably collects enough to be annoying.

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      This works suprisingly well, thanks for the tip!

      Had issues charging my phone lately and tried to clean it out with toothpicks etc to no avail. Used this thingy I also carry in my wallet and hey, works like a charm again

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    Just keep it in the box the phone came in with all the warranty documentation. I’ve never lost one of these

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      Same. And in the past decade plus of using smartphones, I’ve never had to open the slot except to install the SIM card for the first time. Why do I even keep it around?

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          Then don’t buy a stinkin’ apple device. It’s that simple.

          Hate them for what they are. A worse Microsoft.

          I will start using esim the moment they are cheaper then normal simcards. But as long i must pay extra to not get a card (?) i will never switch.

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            I’ve seen a carrier charge for Sim cards, although I would personally still pay for the convenience of not having to figure out esim and if esims can be transferred between phones without any internet.

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    I threw all of those away. I have paper clips, and those eject holes are intentionally designed to be the width of a bent paper clip.

    Those things are just a less useful paper clip.