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.
TLDR; Nicholas Merrill, a well known privacy activist, launched Phreeli, a phone service that lets you use mobile data and calls without giving your identity. It runs on T Mobiles network but only keeps a ZIP code and uses zero knowledge crypto so even payments are not linked to you. Merrill spent 10 years fighting the FBI over surveillance and now wants to make privacy simple and normal for everyone.
TLDR; Nicholas Merrill, a well known privacy activist, launched Phreeli, a phone service that lets you use mobile data and calls without giving your identity. It runs on T Mobiles network but only keeps a ZIP code and uses zero knowledge crypto so even payments are not linked to you. Merrill spent 10 years fighting the FBI over surveillance and now wants to make privacy simple and normal for everyone.
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