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Risks of cardsharing

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  • boroboy2020
    Junior Member
    • Jun 2011
    • 17

    Re: Risks of cardsharing

    sim providers can only trace you to your local cell tower or triangulate your location to a rough area (without using GPS) and in the UK they need a court order and enough evidence to start doing things like that

    really you should have no worries on an unregistered 3g sim, tracing wise

    unless you are running a server you should be safe because it will cost more to investigate you than a year sub to uk $ky and they just cannot justify it, if you where running a server then the cost to investigate would be justified

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    • pan1300
      Experienced Board Member
      • Apr 2012
      • 1663

      Re: Risks of cardsharing

      Originally posted by boroboy2020
      sim providers can only trace you to your local cell tower or triangulate your location to a rough area (without using GPS) and in the UK they need a court order and enough evidence to start doing things like that
      basically same here (belgium) - not legal to detect (although - also mobile - detectors and blockers exist) - seems safe to me

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      • besit
        Board Senior Member
        • Aug 2011
        • 343

        Re: Risks of cardsharing

        Originally posted by bokkie
        I think I am going to try using a 3g router and buy a payg 3g data sim.
        I am curious to see how it would work.
        Theoretically it should as mobile broadband has download speeds of up to 8 Mbps. Just not sure of the ping.
        Here in Russia you may work more secure via your inet provider's wired network, then via 3g mobile connection for you won't buy an anonymous cellular contract - you will need to provide an ID to buy a sim card, at least data connection optimized one.

        I live in a little town 20 km from SPb in a private house so 3g internet is the only one solution for me.
        It's not a best way to surf internet, but it works pretty well with cs
        Right now I watch how Germany crashes Greece - not a single glitch

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        • bokkie
          Experienced Board Member
          • Feb 2012
          • 1561

          Re: Risks of cardsharing

          Yes that's right, they can only trace the cell tower so can't trace your specific location.
          This is more an experiment than anything else.
          It'll also be handy if we go on holiday.

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          • don49
            Newbie
            • Apr 2012
            • 2

            Re: Risks of cardsharing

            I use a solwise 3g router in my caravan with a 3 mobile dongle and a skybox 12 works great slight freez now and then but well worth watching better than having just freeview

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            • bokkie
              Experienced Board Member
              • Feb 2012
              • 1561

              Re: Risks of cardsharing

              What sort of Download speed and ping do you get with your 3g sim?

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              • microchick
                Experienced Board Member
                • Apr 2012
                • 1162

                Re: Risks of cardsharing

                OK I vote for YES too but how do you get an annonymous sim in the UK?
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                • bokkie
                  Experienced Board Member
                  • Feb 2012
                  • 1561

                  Re: Risks of cardsharing

                  You can buy them over the counter or on ebay. Petrol garages, mobile stores, etc.
                  think you can get a sim with 3gb of data for 90 days for just over a tenner.

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                  • pan1300
                    Experienced Board Member
                    • Apr 2012
                    • 1663

                    Re: Risks of cardsharing

                    Originally posted by microchick
                    OK I vote for YES too but how do you get an annonymous sim in the UK?
                    Originally posted by bokkie
                    You can buy them over the counter or on ebay. Petrol garages, mobile stores, etc.
                    think you can get a sim with 3gb of data for 90 days for just over a tenner.
                    hi guys

                    basically same here (Belgium), just costs a lot more than sim with subscription (even how, I have the impression costs more here than in most other countries)

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                    • microchick
                      Experienced Board Member
                      • Apr 2012
                      • 1162

                      Re: Risks of cardsharing

                      Well here, you dont need to subscribe, you can buy a PAYG( Pay as You Go) sim but you will have to register it in your name and address.
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                      • bokkie
                        Experienced Board Member
                        • Feb 2012
                        • 1561

                        Re: Risks of cardsharing

                        Originally posted by microchick
                        Well here, you dont need to subscribe, you can buy a PAYG( Pay as You Go) sim but you will have to register it in your name and address.
                        There are ways around that. Don't think can discuss them on here but proof of address isn't required.

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                        • microchick
                          Experienced Board Member
                          • Apr 2012
                          • 1162

                          Re: Risks of cardsharing

                          Thats fine but how do you top up? If you are using a debit card or a credit card that is enough to trace the address.
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                          • pan1300
                            Experienced Board Member
                            • Apr 2012
                            • 1663

                            Re: Risks of cardsharing

                            Personally think paying such things with a card is a bad idea, better as bokkie stated: go eg Petrol garage or mobile store and pay in cash.
                            May seems oldfashioned, but I still prefer cash (I remember a few years ago when on simple cash tickets of general stores my banknumer was printed - been even more suspicious since then).

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                            • Phoenixx
                              Junior Member
                              • Jun 2012
                              • 15

                              Re: Risks of cardsharing

                              Thats the reason to use gbox, udp can`t be traced so it`s more work to configure but save ..

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                              • boroboy2020
                                Junior Member
                                • Jun 2011
                                • 17

                                Re: Risks of cardsharing

                                Originally posted by microchick
                                Thats fine but how do you top up? If you are using a debit card or a credit card that is enough to trace the address.
                                Goto a corner shop and buy a topup voucher from paypoint/payzone, it will be a 100% annon topup if the shop has no cctv

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