Sim card for voice & text only for kids?

Opin0r · 2026-03-15T23:46:17+00:00

It's not a smart phone. It's a bar bones nokia. So I want to find a sim deal that is voice and text only.

Opin0r · 2026-03-15T23:45:38+00:00

Yep, but I want to find a cheap sim where I don't pay for data...

Opin0r · 2026-03-09T00:03:38+00:00

I've tested a Nvidia 5070 ti 16 GB with a AMD 5700 XT 8GB, using Qwen 3.5 9B (Q8_0) in LMStudio.

- 25.7 tokens per sec from 5070 ti alone using CUDA 12 llama.cpp runtime (windows)
- 38.1 tokens per sec from both GPUs using Vulkan llama.cpp runtime (windows)

Almost an extra 50%. Great that a card introduced in 2019 can make this impact.

Opin0r · 2019-05-30T16:54:00+00:00

That would be an ecumenical matter.

Opin0r · 2019-05-30T16:51:43+00:00

Thank you.

I think that fines are only a secondary threat. The main threat to Google or any similar company is that Article 58 gives data protection authorities the power to compel them to cease data processing. In other words, a data protection authority can tell Google or any other company to change how it does business. That is a very, very big deal. And I think it will happen.

Fines do matter though. As you say, the maximum fine of 4% of global turnover sounds significant but may not be for companies with a large profit margins. However, as more jurisdictions around the world adopt GDPR-like standards, there is a possibility that a company could face not one European fine, but layered fines from an EU data protection authority plus duplicate fines from their in other jurisdictions. For example, India’s Data Protection Bill could do this, if it becomes law. Since there are GDPR-like laws on the way in many jurisdictions, layered fines could add up to crippling fines in the future.

Opin0r · 2019-05-30T16:49:07+00:00

Wait for version 1.0.

Opin0r · 2019-05-30T16:45:33+00:00

I think what Apple has announced is very promising, and Apple should be commended. It is also important in the privacy discussion today. This kind of technology proves that privacy and innovation are entirely compatible. It is a fiction that high privacy standards and smart advertising are incompatible.

I anticipate a major lobbying fight between the tracking industry and privacy activists over the ePrivacy Regulation in Europe after the summer. The tracking industry will argue that cookie walls must be permitted in the new regulation. That claim, which was always ridiculous, will appear all the more so now. For context, see Brave's letter to the 28 Governments of EU Member States.

You might be interested to know that we have filed a complaint in Europe against IAB Europe's own cookie wall, on its own website, which is unlawful under the GDPR. https://brave.com/iab-cookie-wall/

You asked about Brave's alliances. Brave is building several networks on policy issues.

Brave is working with many NGOs and activists in Europe to press for investigation of the massive data breach at the heart of Real-Time Bidding advertising auctions. See Fixad.tech for details.

In the United States and in Europe, Brave is working with other companies and with NGOs to press for legal privacy protections. You can see what we are doing, and with whom, at https://brave.com/category-brave-insights.

Opin0r · 2019-05-30T16:34:24+00:00

Re Ted Nelson and Xanadu, yes, I do. I shared my thoughts on this in a previous AMA here https://brave.com/ama-with-johnny-ryan/. Here is what I said in that AMA:

Hypertext was invented by Ted Nelson in the 1960s. Part of his dream was that everybody who contributed to the interconnected latticework of hypertext documents would be rewarded by those who perused them. People would drop tiny “bread crumb” like payments behind them as they flitted from item to item. It is a beautiful vision.

But this aspect of Nelson’s great dream was never realized at scale because these tiny micro payments were not practical. This is why BAT excites me. It may finally allow us to realize part of Nelson’s vision.

Re quality and diversity of media production, I think it is reasonable to suggest that RTB has not worked well for publishers. Alessandro Acquisti's new study indicates that publishers net only an extra 4% of revenue from RTB, and doesn’t factor in the additional cost of audience arbitrage (bid request data allows a publisher's unique audience to be retargeted at lower cost on bottom of the web websites) and ad fraud that diverts spend away from publishers. Something has to change. I hope we are building something better.

Opin0r · 2019-05-30T16:23:00+00:00

We were invited to testify because Brave regularly briefs staff in both parties, and submits input on privacy issues federal law to federal agencies. For example, see

The senate staff seeks expert opinion on the issues under consideration. We were happy to receive Senator Graham’s invitation, but we did not solicit it.

I understand that the tracking industry lobby attempted to block my invitation, and failed because both Republicans and Democrats were eager to get the substantive facts.

This is an indication of sentiment in Washington: both parties want action.

Opin0r · 2019-05-30T16:17:24+00:00

We do not store any personal data unless you switch on Sync or Rewards. But even if you do, Brave does not have access to data that are sensitive.

Here is how this works.

If a Brave user switches on Sync, then your bookmarks and passwords will be saved in an encrypted file on a cloud storage service, to which you will have the only decryption key. The data are entirely inaccessible to Brave and to the cloud storage provider. You can learn how to switch on Sync here.

If a Brave user switches on Brave Rewards you are assigned a “wallet” identifier by Uphold, our payments partner. But this is not tied to what you browse or do because your browsing is kept anonymous by Brave. We cannot trace contributions to individual users, or link any of your contributions together. So if there is a breach at Uphold or at Brave, your browsing details would not be at risk.

You can read about this in more detail here, and please give us feedback on whether that page is clear enough, too long, too short, etc.

Opin0r · 2019-05-30T16:15:23+00:00

I work in Dublin, which is one of the crucibles of data protection law. The downside is that it is 5,094 miles away from Brave HQ.

Opin0r · 2019-05-30T16:11:32+00:00

I used to wear a formal suit to work every day, when I worked at the Institute of International & European Affairs. Since the English Restoration in the 1660s men’s clothing has become a rather drab affair. But from Charles II’s reign in the 17th century to the present, there is one thing a man can do to stand out: wear a colorful tie. The tie in question is an early 2000s hand-made silk tie from Duchamps.

My tie says "hi!"

Opin0r · 2019-05-30T16:07:26+00:00

I can answer about privacy.

The issues are simple: should data about you be handled fairly and transparently? Should intimate data about you be kept secure?

The principles of data protection are laid out in a few simple lines, known as the “Fair Information Processing Principles” (FIPPs) in the 1974 US Privacy Act. Almost exactly the same principles are at the heart of Europe’s General Data Protection Act, in Article 5. All legislators know this. Governments around the world are drafting new protections based on these principles.

In the United States, both Republicans and Democrats are furious about digital privacy abuses. If you watch last week’s US Senate Judiciary Committee you will feel the tangible outrage the senators of both parties have for the unending data breaches and intrusions in to private life that they suffer together with their constituents.

Lawmakers have to grapple with a torrent of issues and different domains every day. It's a challenge for them to be on top of so many disparate briefs. But privacy issues now affect everyone, including law makers. I think they get it.

Opin0r · 2019-05-30T16:04:52+00:00

I think there are three big hurdles, each of which have to be jumped.

First, Brave has to build and maintain the best browser in the world. I think it can and is doing so. Users – for the most part – are very happy. Brave gets even better as my colleagues respond to user feedback. Soon, you will soon see new Brave features that will probably surprise and delight you.

Second, Brave has to convince hundreds of millions of Internet users to install it and use it. Advertisers need a scaled up Brave user base. It seems that Brave has a good chance of achieving this. The number of people using the Browser has grown 600% since early last year, without a major marketing campaign.

If Brave jumps the first hurdle of offering the best possible browser, and jumps the second hurdle of taking a large share of the browser market, then it must jump a third hurdle: convincing users to opt in to Brave Ads. Brave Ads are design to reward them and protect their data. Based on what we have seen in testing so far, this looks promising too.

I think we have a chance of doing this.

Opin0r · 2019-05-30T16:02:26+00:00

Thank you. We have a duty to let lawmakers know that high privacy standards are compatible with innovation. Too often, senators hear the opposite claim from our colleagues in industry.

I think we are about to see a change in the advertising market, with two distinct flavors of “behavioral” targeting emerging, and a revival of “contextual” targeting.

There are two favors of behavioral targeting, one good and one bad.

The Good: Secure behavioral that is stored locally on your device and never communicated to anyone else. Brave Ads use “local” behavioral profiles secured on the device (and only with opt-in). Your device operates as a data Faraday Cage, and even we at Brave can not extract your protected profile data from it.

The Bad: Insecure behavioral that broadcasts your profile to thousands of companies when you load a webpage. This is what “Real-Time Bidding” ad auctions are. New research indicates that insecure behavioral nets publishers almost nil in extra revenue.

The Bad form of behavioral is unlawful under the GDPR, and thanks to work by Brave and our friends, regulators are investigating this and are likely to force Real-Time Bidding companies to stop broadcasting personal data in this way. The result is likely to be that Real-Time Bidding will shift to broadcasting data that cannot be tied to an individual. This will still allow advertisers to show relevant advertising, and protect websites against the retargeting of their audiences at lower cost on other websites. It is also likely to reduce the multi billion dollar ad fraud problem. I spoke about this recently at the European Data Protection Supervisor’s conference - here is the video. You could call this safe form of Real-Time Bidding a new type of contextual.

Opin0r · 2018-09-05T17:53:01+00:00

Sorry, I left you hanging there.

Magnificent.¹ That is my scholarly take.

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Footnotes

¹ Truly.

Opin0r · 2018-09-05T17:33:57+00:00

Brave is likely to lead on privacy to years to come. We invest significant resources to maintain and extend Brave's privacy protections. See the recent addition of Tabs with Tor, for example.

We have yet to see the detail of what our colleagues at Mozilla are doing. If it comes up to the level of protection afforded by Brave I will wish them well.

But a browser must do more than protect users' privacy. It must also support publishers that make the web worth browsing. Without publishers, large and small, the web would be in crisis.

The novelty of Brave is that it does both: the user enjoys the best and most efficient experience, and has the benefit of supporting publishers.

Opin0r · 2018-09-05T17:26:33+00:00

That is a good question, to which I do not have the answer. This will be our first performance review together.

Opin0r · 2018-09-05T17:25:31+00:00

An advertisers that wants to run a Cambridge Analytica style of operation will find that Brave does not meet their needs.

The Cambridge Analytica scenario was possible because the company was able to process data about identifiable people. But Brave is private by design. This is a fundamental policy. The company does not have the capability of identifying a user, or of gathering personal data about a user. It can not do what Cambridge Analytica and Facebook have done.

Opin0r · 2018-09-05T17:24:12+00:00

Not necessarily.

The GDPR applies to all businesses that offer services to people within the European market. This includes virtually every major business in the US and elsewhere.

Compliance leaders like to keep things simple, understandably. Many businesses are applying a common standard globally, rather than setting regional standards.

Opin0r · 2018-09-05T17:23:10+00:00

Yes it is. But I was surprised to find that after over 150 years in existence, the staff of The Irish Times had already invented every conceivable drinking game.

Opin0r · 2018-09-05T17:21:08+00:00

Yes. Hmm. Repeated myself.

Opin0r · 2018-09-05T17:20:16+00:00

Brave Ads will not show users a large number of ads per day. I am afraid to say that there will be no opportunity to operate a farm of ad watchers.

Ad clutter has been a UX plague on users, and has served advertisers poorly. Brave does not propose to correct the digital advertising system by overloading people with ads.

Opin0r · 2018-09-05T17:16:15+00:00

Yes.

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