Saved 2026-05-15 · Posted 2025-12-10 · Status: New
Privacy stalwart Nicholas Merrill spent a decade fighting an FBI surveillance order. Now he wants to sell you phone service—without knowing almost anything about you.
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@puedocereus♥ 93582025-12-11
Its not because I'm a criminal. Its because the people who want to surveil me are.
@gimbelgoldbar♥ 31332025-12-10
I’m so glad people are designing ways to fight surveillance.
@oannexo♥ 23822025-12-11
These things always seem to end up being run by the fbi :/
@gtoblade♥ 12372025-12-11
Plot twist, it’s a honeypot…
@martymar77♥ 10742025-12-11
Just bring the Blackberry back with the famous BBM messenger 😂
@allthegoodnamesweretaken3♥ 6582025-12-17
Plz like this comment so I can comeback later, this seems important but I'm baked right now
@ethbass♥ 2152025-12-10
this is very cool and I have a hard time imagining the modal phone user observing the necessary privacy hygiene to prevent someone observing their traffic from connecting the dots between it and their known activity
@yumtastytreat♥ 1282025-12-10
I’m pretty sure every new tech goes through the CIA and they know (or will eventually know how to) decode that encryption.
@amandainmotion♥ 782025-12-13
Can they extend their service into ...like everything else? This sounds amazing.
@wonderwomarin♥ 662025-12-11
Yes, let’s use technology to protect users/data, not exploit it!
@littlenimp♥ 492025-12-11
T-Mobile runs off Startlink owned by Elon Musk … you can’t trust anything or Antone associated with Musk… period. But it is something we need to have and I hope someone else comes up with the idea.
@mtprospecthomes♥ 272025-12-11
It’s amazing how Instagram blocks the links and says there’s a problem when you try to follow it— can you please add it so we can go ourselves without clicking the link!
@swanandcondor♥ 52025-12-23
I really like this idea as like an individual who sees value in their privacy. And as a woman sadly, I have to say this makes the world a little bit more dangerous for us. You have no idea how many men harass women from burner phones. Not being able to find out who they are can leave a woman in peril. This is just food for thought; I think overall the idea is something that we need in this overly surveilled society. However, some kind of safety protocol is also warranted.
@niki.danger♥ 42025-12-11
Very cool! My very first question was how would we pay anonymously too lol. Now I’ve got to go read up
@live.dad.love♥ 32025-12-15
Sounds pretty kool
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Comments (15)
Its not because I'm a criminal. Its because the people who want to surveil me are.
I’m so glad people are designing ways to fight surveillance.
These things always seem to end up being run by the fbi :/
Plot twist, it’s a honeypot…
Just bring the Blackberry back with the famous BBM messenger 😂
Plz like this comment so I can comeback later, this seems important but I'm baked right now
this is very cool and I have a hard time imagining the modal phone user observing the necessary privacy hygiene to prevent someone observing their traffic from connecting the dots between it and their known activity
I’m pretty sure every new tech goes through the CIA and they know (or will eventually know how to) decode that encryption.
Can they extend their service into ...like everything else? This sounds amazing.
Yes, let’s use technology to protect users/data, not exploit it!
T-Mobile runs off Startlink owned by Elon Musk … you can’t trust anything or Antone associated with Musk… period. But it is something we need to have and I hope someone else comes up with the idea.
It’s amazing how Instagram blocks the links and says there’s a problem when you try to follow it— can you please add it so we can go ourselves without clicking the link!
I really like this idea as like an individual who sees value in their privacy. And as a woman sadly, I have to say this makes the world a little bit more dangerous for us. You have no idea how many men harass women from burner phones. Not being able to find out who they are can leave a woman in peril. This is just food for thought; I think overall the idea is something that we need in this overly surveilled society. However, some kind of safety protocol is also warranted.
Very cool! My very first question was how would we pay anonymously too lol. Now I’ve got to go read up
Sounds pretty kool