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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 8 Jun 2014

    Having a SIM card in a smartphone today is like having a fireplace in a spaceship. Nothing but a lock-in play and a barrier to innovation.

    5:15 AM - 8 Jun 2014
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      2. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 8 Jun 2014
        Replying to @aral

        I mean, it’s the 21st century & I still have to replace a little piece of plastic and silicon to switch networks like some sort of animal.

        7 replies 11 retweets 12 likes
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 8 Jun 2014
        Replying to @aral

        Time to consider a virtual SIM? “…regulators in Netherlands became the first…to legalise network agnostic SIM cards” http://deltapartnersblog.com/archives/766 

        3 replies 9 retweets 16 likes
      4. Murat Tuna‏ @Tunam34 8 Jun 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral , speaking of SIMs, 21st. century etc., I would like to know your opinion on http://www.impot.io 

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 8 Jun 2014
        Replying to @Tunam34

        @Tunam34 404? :)

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Murat Tuna‏ @Tunam34 8 Jun 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral , sorry.! http://www.import.io 

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      7. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 8 Jun 2014
        Replying to @Tunam34

        @Tunam34 I’m a big fan of scraping — but that’s a proprietary tool — so, again, a squandered opportunity to do massive good.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      8. Murat Tuna‏ @Tunam34 8 Jun 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral , thx, I just wanted to get an expert's view on what they have been building there.

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      2. Break Up PG&E Perini‏ @pcperini 8 Jun 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral dude, what? I don't disagree, but that metaphor though.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 8 Jun 2014
        Replying to @pcperini

        @pcperini It’s an ancient piece of tech that takes up unnecessary room.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Break Up PG&E Perini‏ @pcperini 8 Jun 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral but "lock-in play" suggests a great conspiracy of fireplace-makers.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 8 Jun 2014
        Replying to @pcperini

        @pcperini Hmm, maybe that should have been two tweets :)

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      6. End of conversation
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      2. Moiety‏ @MichielBijl 10 Jun 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral I get your point, but to be honest, a fireplace in a spaceship sounds awesome :D

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 10 Jun 2014
        Replying to @MichielBijl

        @MichielBijl ;)

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. End of conversation
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      2. Sam Machin‏ @sammachin 8 Jun 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral I'd say the sim makes things easier to switch and gives more user control. Just look at Sprint & Verizon to see the alternative

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      3. Terence Eden‏Verified account @edent 8 Jun 2014
        Replying to @sammachin

        @sammachin @aral got to agree with you. My thoughts from few years back http://shkspr.mobi/blog/2012/05/the-sim-less-phone-is-coming-and-it-should-scare-the-shit-out-of-you/ …

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 8 Jun 2014
        Replying to @edent

        @edent @sammachin It’s going to happen. We should try and make sure that it’s an open standard and allows easy switching/UX.

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      2. *mut "invisible chaotic self-modifying biomachine"‏ @edefic 8 Jun 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral What are you proposing as replacement? The only wifi in my proximity comes from my phone.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 8 Jun 2014
        Replying to @edefic

        @FrozenFire No need for a physical card. Should be virtual. You should be able to have multiple providers / switch with a single gesture.

        1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes
      4. *mut "invisible chaotic self-modifying biomachine"‏ @edefic 8 Jun 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral There is a need — they're not just flash cards, they're smartcards. Cryptoprocessors carefully holding a key.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. *mut "invisible chaotic self-modifying biomachine"‏ @edefic 8 Jun 2014
        Replying to @edefic

        @aral I'm all for multi-SIM phones (my Chinese-as-hell dual-SIM phones are still among my favourites), but SIMs serve a useful purpose

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. What's on your mind, Claudio?‏ @claudiopro 8 Jun 2014
        Replying to @edefic

        @FrozenFire @aral why a physical crypto device when there's available software cryptography and lots of CPU power?

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      7. *mut "invisible chaotic self-modifying biomachine"‏ @edefic 8 Jun 2014
        Replying to @claudiopro

        @claudiopro @aral I'd rather not have the key for my SIM revealed to anything. The goal of a smartcard is guarding the key.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      8. What's on your mind, Claudio?‏ @claudiopro 8 Jun 2014
        Replying to @edefic

        @FrozenFire @aral not even revealed to you though, only the carrier and those who they share it with

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      9. *mut "invisible chaotic self-modifying biomachine"‏ @edefic 8 Jun 2014
        Replying to @claudiopro

        @claudiopro Ideally, you'd hand over the public key to the carrier on signup, and have your own smartcard

        0 replies 1 retweet 1 like
      10. End of conversation

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