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you can buy pre-paid VISAs and pre-paid phones legally and anonymously I thought legislation had been passed stating that purveyors of pre-paid debit cards and
by quanticle 16y ago
you can buy pre-paid VISAs and pre-paid phones legally and anonymously
I thought legislation had been passed stating that purveyors of pre-paid debit cards and cell phones had to ask for ID and keep records so that, if the cards or phones were used in a crime, the purchaser could be traced. I do know that legislation to that effect was introduced. I'm not sure if it was ratified, but even if anonymous cards and phones are legal now, I have no confidence that they will continue to be legal for the foreseeable future.
- weavejester 16y agoI don't believe it was. At least, when I was in the states a few weeks back, I wasn't asked for ID when I bought a cheap pre-paid cell phone. There is a tendency to be pessimistic about the place of anonymity in the future, but I prefer to look on the bright side. The US government doesn't win every fight it enters, and there is a long-term trend toward more freedom and openness, rather than the opposite way around.
- Maxious 16y agoIn Australia you need ID to get a pre-paid phone or SIM. Organised crime just imports their mobile connectivity from Mexico - the roaming fees are nothing to them. http://www.theage.com.au/national/bikies-trafficking-in-data-secrecy-using-mexican-blackberrys-20110205-1aht9.html http://www.theage.com.au/national/bikies-trafficking-in-data...