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Anon SIMs are already banned in many EU countries. It does not really work, some homeless people have thousands SIMs registered on their name. Also opposition
by jkot 11y ago
Anon SIMs are already banned in many EU countries. It does not really work, some homeless people have thousands SIMs registered on their name.
Also opposition in Germany says this might be discriminatory to refugees, since some of them have no documents.
- the_mitsuhiko 11y agoIn which ones? I have manu prepaid sims from all over Europe and the only one with a name on is an old italian one when they required it. Which i think they no longer do.
- jkot 11y agoI had to show ID in Czech Republic, Hungaria, Ireland and Greece.
- the_mitsuhiko 11y ago> Czech Republic I have a czech prepaid sim, never had to show an ID for it. > Hungaria True, ID needed there. > Ireland I had an Irish Three Sim. No ID was needed. > Greece Looks like an ID is needed there from Googling.
- ithkuil 11y agoI confirm: in Ireland you can buy a sim (I have a tesco mobile SIM) with no ID
- pmontra 11y agoItaly still requires to link a SIM to a person. I don't remember if I had to show my id or my fiscal code last time I got a new SIM. No more than a 30 seconds procedure. They note it down and that's it. It's been like that for so long that I forgot when and why they introduced this legislation.
- trappedfly 11y agoIt is still required to have your name tied to SIMs in Italy. You are asked to show an ID (or driver's license) and your fiscal code[1]. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_fiscal_code_card https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_fiscal_code_card
- JorgeGT 11y agoIn Spain you must present a valid ID since a few years ago. After a grace period they deactivated all SIMs not linked to a name.