The wireless industry has a new player that's rewriting the rules of customer privacy. Phreeli, a privacy-focused MVNO launched in December 2024 by civil liberties activist Nicholas Merrill, allows customers to sign up for mobile service with nothing more than a ZIP code—no name, no address, no email, and no personal information linked to their phone number. Running on T-Mobile's network and using zero-knowledge cryptography for payments, Phreeli represents the most privacy-c