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So in Germany, you need to prove your identity to buy a SIM card. You can't really buy an anonymous phone, because every SIM card is tied to someone's identity.
by carlmr 4y ago
So in Germany, you need to prove your identity to buy a SIM card. You can't really buy an anonymous phone, because every SIM card is tied to someone's identity.
This probably doesn't prevent SIM swapping entirely, but you will need to also steal the other SIM card you're swapping the number to.
- Semaphor 4y agoAh, I guess I forgot about that. Yeah, you either need to intercept the new SIM sent to the original customer, or defeat the identification procedure. That adds quite the hurdle compared to countries that have no such requirements.
- account42 4y agoAt least for now you can still easily anonymously buy (activated) sims from other european countries.
- carlmr 4y agoBut I think you can't use those for taking over a number in a SIM swap.