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Registering a sim card in Vietnam also requires your photo to be taken. Is this an Asia thing ?
by ParanoidShroom 7y ago
Registering a sim card in Vietnam also requires your photo to be taken. Is this an Asia thing ?
- dogma1138 7y agoWhen I bought a prepaid SIM card in Germany a few years ago they took a photocopy if my passport is not quite.
- em500 7y agoIt's not an Asia thing: https://prepaid-data-sim-card.fandom.com/wiki/Registration_Policies_Per_Country https://prepaid-data-sim-card.fandom.com/wiki/Registration_P...
- vbezhenar 7y agoKazakhstan implemented identification for SIM cards few years ago, just ID, no photo. Also recently it implemented identification for IMEI numbers as well. I'm not sure why, apparently they want to fight phone stealing, but I'm not very convinced.