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frontpage Posted by WackyP • Jan 31, 2025
frontpage Posted by WackyP • Jan 31, 2025

Helium Mobile Zero Plan w/ 100 Minutes Talk, 300 Texts + 3GB Data Per Month

(ID Verification & Location Sharing Req.)

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Helium Mobile has Helium Mobile Zero Plan w/ 100 Minutes Talk, 300 Texts & 3GB of Data (per month) for Free when you Bring Your Own Device and follow the instructions below by using code BREAKFREE at signup.

Thanks to community member WackyP for finding this deal.

Deal Instructions:
  1. An unlocked T-Mobile-compatible device is required.
  2. Download the Helium Mobile app (Android / iOS)
  3. Open the app and when prompted, enter invite-only code BREAKFREE
  4. Proceed through the setup process by proving the following details:
    • Valid email address
    • Your name, home address and date of birth
    • Complete the identity security check using a valid government-issued ID (i.e. a driver's license) and taking a 'selfie' photo.
  5. No credit card or other payment info is required for this free plan.
  6. You may select eSIM or physical SIM card activation (SIM card ships free).
  7. Your monthly Zero Plan w/ 100 talk minutes, 300 texts and 3GB of data will be Free

How is Helium Mobile able to offer a free phone plan? (source)
  • "Helium Mobile's free plan is made possible with its community-built network, a new type of infrastructure that is less expensive than legacy carriers. In exchange for the free plan, you'll share your anonymized location data, enabling the community to create coverage where it's most needed."
Plan Features (per month):
  • 100 minutes talk
  • 300 texts
  • 3GB of high-speed data (4G LTE/5G)
    • Note: hotspot data is not available on the free Zero plan.
  • No credit card needed
  • You may port your existing number to Helium Mobile if desired
  • Earn Rewards with Cloud Points
    • Redeem points for gift cards to travel, dining, and other experiences.
  • Helium Mobile operates on the T-Mobile network

Editor's Notes

Written by RevOne | Staff
  • Click here to read the Frequently Asked Questions page for more details.
  • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

Original Post

Written by WackyP
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Helium Mobile has Helium Mobile Zero Plan w/ 100 Minutes Talk, 300 Texts & 3GB of Data (per month) for Free when you Bring Your Own Device and follow the instructions below by using code BREAKFREE at signup.

Thanks to community member WackyP for finding this deal.

Deal Instructions:
  1. An unlocked T-Mobile-compatible device is required.
  2. Download the Helium Mobile app (Android / iOS)
  3. Open the app and when prompted, enter invite-only code BREAKFREE
  4. Proceed through the setup process by proving the following details:
    • Valid email address
    • Your name, home address and date of birth
    • Complete the identity security check using a valid government-issued ID (i.e. a driver's license) and taking a 'selfie' photo.
  5. No credit card or other payment info is required for this free plan.
  6. You may select eSIM or physical SIM card activation (SIM card ships free).
  7. Your monthly Zero Plan w/ 100 talk minutes, 300 texts and 3GB of data will be Free

How is Helium Mobile able to offer a free phone plan? (source)
  • "Helium Mobile's free plan is made possible with its community-built network, a new type of infrastructure that is less expensive than legacy carriers. In exchange for the free plan, you'll share your anonymized location data, enabling the community to create coverage where it's most needed."
Plan Features (per month):
  • 100 minutes talk
  • 300 texts
  • 3GB of high-speed data (4G LTE/5G)
    • Note: hotspot data is not available on the free Zero plan.
  • No credit card needed
  • You may port your existing number to Helium Mobile if desired
  • Earn Rewards with Cloud Points
    • Redeem points for gift cards to travel, dining, and other experiences.
  • Helium Mobile operates on the T-Mobile network

Editor's Notes

Written by RevOne | Staff
  • Click here to read the Frequently Asked Questions page for more details.
  • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

Original Post

Written by WackyP

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If someone asked me how to make a free mobile data plan, my very first thought would be "control its DNS, packet-inspect everything on my network so I can tell who's doing what, sell that info to data brokers, advertisers, marketing agencies, etc., and insert enough legalese to my long-AF-that-nobody-reads-it terms of service that it's totally OK for me to do that." Classic case of "if it's free, it's because you are the product."

If you think I'm joking, check your own current paid ISP plan's terms of service. Non-trivial probability they're already doing similar to you, at least if you're not protected by something like the EU's GDPR.

Is that what's going on here, or is their business model different somehow?
Right now their 20$ a month plan turns out to cost a couple of dollars a month if you opt in to their location tracking. They are trying to build a network of hotpots to fill in what traditional cell towers miss. Turn on tracking and they map whenever they hit one of their hotspots. Then they try to get new ones in empty areas.

Anyways...So they will pay you in their crypto token., Which they then accept as payment.Or you can sell yourself. Im assuming they are going to expand on this somehow.

Also a while back they were talking about another app that carriers were going to opt into that allows people to use each others phones a a hotspot for a small fee.
Just a guess but maybe something with this as well.

They are not the only company going this way there are going to be some announcements very soon of others going this path
I gave them my email address for spam, so we'll see. Right now it looks like they just offer one plan -- $20/mo for unlimited.

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argentum
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Quote from SKV4m :
Not worth it. When they go out of business the first thing they'll sell is your personal info
Trust me they wont wait until "they go out of business" Wink
Last night maybe they already made some money woot
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lmbb20
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I can haz free mobile?
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jkloisdafoiwdaf
Feb 5, 2025
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sell your ID, facial recognition, location for free
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CoolAppliance356
Feb 5, 2025
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Would be goated if it works on iPad. This will be short lived. They're banking on selling data but 99% will just keep them home as an emergency phone
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silentK
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Quote from lizard5102 :
Good point. Would using Cloudflare as the DNS, or better yet, hosting your own DNS using a Raspberry-pi that does authoritative lookups work around that?
I ask because I already do that to block ads/tracking using AdGuardHome DNS server running locally on my network. I have set my Android Private DNS under settings -> Network & Internet to use that all the time via DoT (DNS over TLS); so I never use the ISP DNS at all. My home router is set to use that as the DNS server (so all devices on my local network, including TVs, go through that). I have also configured all Google Home / Nest devices at home to not use GoogleDNS in the app settings.

I know 99.9% of the people will not go to this length, but curious if that atleast reduces the concern of your data being used for something like this. Eventually I understand that the ISP can sniff anyway, but most websites today use HTTPS and TLS, so nearly everything is encrypted to the point where that sniffing will be not-so-useful for the ISP.
So really, the most useful data is location information that they can easily get by triangulating towers; and I admit that would still be very valuable data to sell.

Is there a detailed guide on how to do this for my Xfinity router?
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CoolAppliance356
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Quote from myk.mayk :
got mine. lotsa PII needed to share: name, address, bday, dl (front & back), selfie (front, left & right). got my esim activated. voila! 3GB data.

lotsa PII to give out for 3GB but since the tons of breaches where my data is already out there, might as well give out some more.

it's all about personal comfort level for 3GB. i'm mega cheap!

Good looks, the DL is too much. If that leaks ur screwed. U can scam FB marketplace, Apple Pay friends, and buy and sell crypto with that DL. All for like a $5 plan
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Can this be used on an iPad for data?

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mackleee
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Was going to use this for second phone but it's too much information that they want. They don't need my DL and Pic.
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RobertL5359
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The first of which is we do require identity verification. It's pretty standard if you've ever signed up for financial services. If you've used Robinhood, you've probably gone through identity verification, and it's very similar. Give us your name, your address, tell us the ID, a little selfie check, and this is all partnered with a 3rd party that stores all that information.
Great, but I'm not signing up for a financial service. Just a free phone plan. Miss me with that bs.
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HapShaughnessy
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NOT trustworthy. For a free plan that the company will likely use nefariously is raising red flags.
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BurmaMonkey
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It is essentially 512MB. Read the Reddit post here. https://www.reddit.com/r/HeliumMo...Xk3Gxa1FMB
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lizard5102
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You need raspberry pi or another mini computer running AdGuardHome. I don't think you will find comprehensive instructions, but briefly:
1) Set static IP address on your raspberry pi
2) Install AdGuardHome using https://github.com/AdguardTeam/Ad...bsdopenbsd
3) On your router, set the DNS server to the IP address set in (1).

That will get you a basic setup. If you want a more advanced setup that does recursive lookups instead of using a well-known DNS like Cloudflare or GoogleDNS, you need to install unbound on your raspberry pi, and configure AdGuardHome a bit differently. There are a few detailed guides on YouTube for this part if you are interested.
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WonderfulWork
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I know my information has been sold many times, but that doesn't include the scan of my DL or my selfie as I never uploaded them before. Neither this time.
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DelightfulRoute720
Feb 5, 2025
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Had helium a year ago, tried the zero plan now. Internet connection is unstable. I tried downloading a 1.5 GB file and it stopped downloading at 300 MB. Switched over to Visible and it continued downloading until the download completed. Tried watching YouTube videos and just like before it stopped buffering. It's probably a good plan for a backup number or a family member who needs the basics and is usually connected to Wi-Fi.
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Quote from DelightfulRoute720 :
Had helium a year ago, tried the zero plan now. Internet connection is unstable. I tried downloading a 1.5 GB file and it stopped downloading at 300 MB. Switched over to Visible and it continued downloading until the download completed. Tried watching YouTube videos and just like before it stopped buffering. It's probably a good plan for a backup number or a family member who needs the basics and is usually connected to Wi-Fi.

seems to be a hard throttle at 512MB, maybe a daily limit? They claim it's a bug and are working on it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/HeliumMo...utm_term=1

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