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There are no such thing as burner phones in many countries any more. You have to show ID to buy a SIM card, and a copy is made and sent on to the authorities.
by Mediterraneo10 6y ago
There are no such thing as burner phones in many countries any more. You have to show ID to buy a SIM card, and a copy is made and sent on to the authorities.
Also, Signal revalidates the number when restoring from backup. If you don't have the number any more, you can't revalidate and have to start over with a different number.
- Symbiote 6y agoThey can steal a SIM, or buy one from a country where they are available freely.
- cheeze 6y agoBelgium is one of these countries.
- walrus01 6y agoI bet you 50 euros that I could pay a random homeless person or drug addict to go buy a basic android phone with SIM card and service at retail. The sort of people who are running drug smuggling and middle/end-retail distribution operations have access to lots of such persons. 'smurfing' methodologies are well known.