My understanding is that they don’t… practically at all. But if compelled by a court to give your information, they could later learn that the information you provided was false. Or maybe someone reported you and they ask for some type of verification. Either way, it’s one of many tactics that can be used against someone, even if you only gave fake information to protect your own privacy.
Frivolous DMCAs have also been used to reveal identities of people someone didn’t like.
I think the only issue with that is that when/if it is found out then the domain will likely be seized because you violated your contract with the registrar to provide accurate information.
I have seen people with an axe to grind use frivolous lawsuits to reveal domain identities, you don’t actually have to do anything wrong for that to happen.
I wasn’t trying to do that, just making a general statement
this could be said about many popular open source projects
I don’t understand how if this requires a VPN which I can’t use?
besides lying, which might be illegal in your area, and/or grounds for having the domain seized if anyone complains.
google wallet is not required to be tied to any bank accounts, and US does not even support NFC within banking apps.
google wallet in general will not work.
also bank apps utilizing NFC is not a thing in the US
NFC payments also don’t work. Non-starter for me
Anything that uses NFC payments.
subpoenas can still reveal the owner
subpoenas can still reveal the owner
subpoenas can still reveal the owner
Unfortunately I cannot use a VPN because several apps I use (including android auto) do not work with it.
I thought you needed root for app-level firewalls?
Yes I mean google wallet. I’ve never heard of a banking app supporting NFC payments by itself, I was not aware that was even a thing… googling suggests that might be an EU-only thing.
Every time I think about running custom roms or degoogled stuff, I remember that NFC payments will no longer work and then I get sad.
Depends on what you mean by security… or privacy. You need to define a threat model before any suggestions can be made.
If you’re worried about someone hacking into your phone via an app, a sim card likely won’t make a difference.
If you’re worried about your location being tracked… that can often be done without a sim card or any cellular service on your device.
Then there are malicious carriers (or ones compelled by a government) that could track you without even having legitimate service activated. All phones at least in the US now are mandated to have (A)GPS receivers.
All depends on what your concerns are.