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Similar laws exist in many European countries and Poland is very likely to pass one soon. I guess that the ostensible reason for introducing this is to help ag
by robryk 11y ago
Similar laws exist in many European countries and Poland is very likely to pass one soon.
I guess that the ostensible reason for introducing this is to help against terrorism (it is in Poland). I fail to see how this should help in any way: in places with large population density (where terrorism is more likely) mobile phones with foreign SIMs are reasonably common (am I wrong here?), so a good workaround is to buy burner SIMs abroad.
- dogma1138 11y agoI was asked for an ID buying a pre-paid SIM card in Germany 3 years ago or so. Seems that the regulations are even more strict now and you need to register it to an address. https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowTopic-g187275-i116-k9148540-German_SIM_card_without_German_ID-Germany.html https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowTopic-g187275-i116-k914854...
- endemic 11y agoCan't you just provide false info? Forged drivers license, etc.
- contingencies 11y agoSimilar laws in China and Thailand.
- rahimnathwani 11y agoBefore I could buy a sim card in Ahmedabad (the largest city in India's Gujarat state) in 2014, I had to show my passport, and also provide the name and contact details of a personal reference, who must be a resident of Ahmedabad. And, yes, the mobile phone company did actually call the referee to check that they knew me.