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Parentpost is talking about a different market group. You are talking about chromebooks provided by schools to students. Parent is talking about chromebooks _bo
by mverwijs 8y ago
Parentpost is talking about a different market group. You are talking about chromebooks provided by schools to students. Parent is talking about chromebooks _bought_ by students (because they're cheap and functional).
- mavhc 8y agoFair enough. I'd just pick up a random sim card at any supermarket, comes with a free phone number.
- semi-extrinsic 8y agoFYI being able to just buy a random SIM a any supermarket is not common outsid the UK.
- johnchristopher 8y agoThey closed that loophole in Europe after the terrorist attacks of recent years. You can't buy pre-paid SIM cards without giving an ID anymore.
- Symbiote 8y agoPlease don't generalize about Europe unless you're certain the statement is true. You can buy a SIM card in a vending machine in at least airports in Denmark and the UK.
- Loic 8y agoLast time I was there in Denmark I had to provide a CPR number to enable the SIM card. For the non-danish people the CPR number is basically your lifetime number for everything from social security, to tax, payroll, etc.
- Symbiote 8y agoPerhaps if you want a contract, but it would be rather pointless requiring a CPR number, yet selling SIMs in the arrivals hall of Copenhagen Airport.
- blub 8y agoCan you also activate it and use it? Because I've seen SIM cards that can be bought in supermarkets in another country, but then you need to show your ID to an operator over Skype to activate it.
- miluge 8y agoIn Romania by law you have to give your ID. But between what the law says and what happens in practice...
- anticensor 8y ago
- CaptainZapp 8y agoI don't want to spend money. Not even a few quid, because a scummy company suddenly doesn't let me access my device, which I "own" for years without surrendering even more personal information. That's apart from what other posters explained. That in a lot of countries you can't just get a sim from a kiosk, or a vending machine without proper identification.
- algog 8y agoUse TextNow app- it gives you free phone numbers.
- binomialxenon 8y agoMany services that require phone numbers can tell if a number is a free VOIP number and will not accept it for verification.
- bobdole123456 8y agoThis is an anti-spam and anti-abuse requirement, not because they need you to tell them your phone number. They’re on most of the phones in the world, and have access to all the billing records associated with your phone number, as they’re a cell phone service provider. They’re asking folks who they think might be abusing the service for this information, so they identify themselves in a way that Google can report to law enforcement. The idea they’d need you to tell them this information so they could use it is kind of laughable.
- CaptainZapp 8y agoGiven that this is a very new account I smell trolling, or astroturfing. Just in case it's not, I bite: This is an anti-spam and anti-abuse requirement, not because they need you to tell them your phone number. Any means of backing up that statment? Specifically, why are anti-spam measures needed to access a device? They’re on most of the phones in the world So what? A lot of people, myself included, will never, ever use an Android device. Especially since they don't trust Google one yota not to completely violate their privacy. In terms of the discussion this is a red herring. and have access to all the billing records associated with your phone number, as they’re a cell phone service provider. It's here, where your comment gets outright ludicrous. From [1] When the mobile device is turned on or is transferred via a handover to the network, this new "visited" network sees the device, notices that it is not registered with its own system, and attempts to identify its home network. If there is no roaming agreement between the two networks, maintenance of service is impossible, and service is denied by the visited network. The visited network contacts the home network and requests service information (including whether or not the mobile should be allowed to roam) about the roaming device using the IMSI number. If successful, the visited network begins to maintain a temporary subscriber record for the device. Likewise, the home network updates its information to indicate that the cell phone is on the host network so that any information sent to that device can be correctly routed. There is NO, whatsoever exchange of subscriber information, safe for service information required for billing. Pretending that "Google can associate billing records with your number" doesn't pass the smell test. The idea they’d need you to tell them this information so they could use it is kind of laughable. The idea that the ilks of Google, Facbook and all those dodgy add tech brothers and sisters would not abuse any means possible to violate your privacy is laughable. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roaming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roaming
- agentdrtran 8y agowhat kid doesn't have a phone?