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This is a story out of India. Here, you cannot do any of those things without providing government-issued IDs and address proofs.

• toast0 5y ago
  Fair enough, I missed the domain, and didn't read the article. I assume the phone rules have been tightened up since I visited India somewhere around 15 years ago when the rules said you needed government ID and to submit stuff, but I hadn't brought the right documents with me, and they let me leave with an activated SIM and said it would turn off in five? days if I didn't submit the application. I was only there for less than the time they said I needed to submit by, but the SIM kept working overseas for several years.
  • sinyug 5y ago
    > phone rules have been tightened I don't think there have been any material changes in the rules. The problem is the scale at which these companies operate and the question of responsibility. While the regulators occasionally impose financial penalties on these companies for violating norms, I have no idea who verifies that every single customer has been vetted.