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> A totally anonymous phone card would be a bit tougher Depends on where you buy them. The internet is big and you can have stuff delivered anywhere, including
by oneplane 5y ago
> A totally anonymous phone card would be a bit tougher
Depends on where you buy them. The internet is big and you can have stuff delivered anywhere, including somewhere that doesn't have your name or address.
- jtbayly 5y agoBut hard to pay without your name, right?
- adolph 5y agoI think a common form of theft is for someone to be defrauded by an order sent to a third party, as if it were a gift and for the package to be picked up from the third party similar to porch pirate activities. I saw a short documentary about this performed at an semi-industrial scale where the pickup was done by a car service person as a side-gig.
- oneplane 5y agoHow is that hard? Cash exists, pre-paid debit and credit cards exist (which you then buy with cash). Gift cards exist.
- adolph 5y agoThe US seems ok but your mileage may vary by domicile: As of early 2021, 157 governments required some form of proof of identity before a person could purchase a SIM card, but what form of ID and what other information may be required varies. https://www.privacyinternational.org/long-read/3018/timeline-sim-card-registration-laws https://www.privacyinternational.org/long-read/3018/timeline...