nostr:nprofile1qqsd5xd462g7qmksnwj5t0znveqgmjpt4ry7n7taxt4gafs0raktl2spp4mhxue69uhkyunz9e5k7tcpzamhxue69uhkummnw3ezummwwdshguewdaexwtcvaep3w you seem like a privacy minded guy? Any thoughts here?
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It feel your struggle. I have chosen to give up my phone number and sim card all together. For one, it helps me feel free when I am out an about. I like not being reachable often. I also feel more detached and private. I run a degoogled OS as well. Also, no service helps keep me away from my phone more. I keep a library of music on my phone instead of using streaming services. I simply insist that people use signal or nostr if they want to reach me. I have been quite surprised how open and willing people are to use signal. Most people have WhatsApp and I explain that is it a similar app bit private. They tend to understand that WhatsApp is stealing their information. I recently started a mens group in my community and it has been suorisingly easy to get them to doanload signal.
I dont know if this is helpful but this has been my approach. This is an important conversation I feel.
I sent you back a DM. Did you get it?
DMS are kind of hit or miss.
The answer to the question is yes, not often but when it feels right I do work with people in that space. It is my primary tool.
I will reply via DM on that topic.
Regarding phones, I get most close friends, clients, business partners over to signal.
I am also a ghostā¦. Nothing exists in my name on any level. No phones numbers. Cars. Houses. Etc
All routes through offshore holding companies and everything purchased under alias.
Yet I still run a business with normies clients and canāt figure the number situation out.
Truth isā¦ itās impossible. Only option is to swap phones, sim, accounts every 3 months to break the trail, and practice getting people over to signalā¦.
Problem is people suck at responding on signal compared to iMessage.
Thanks for the tips
If they don't respond, don't work with them..
I'm a ghost. Veryfew people know how to reach me. If people want what I have to offer, they have to figure it out and be committed. If they aren't wiling to try something new, they probably aren't ready for whayvj and offering.