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In Australia I need identification to purchase a sim. In New Zealand I don't. Not to diminish Optus' responsibility here but I think the Australian government
by tmnvix 4y ago
In Australia I need identification to purchase a sim. In New Zealand I don't.
Not to diminish Optus' responsibility here but I think the Australian government should carry some of the blame for imposing this requirement.
- yakkers 4y agoAnecdata, but I think for pre-paid services Optus never stored that information, and only used it for the required identification. I had activated a pre-paid Optus service (in a store, using my drivers' licence as ID) but let it lapse a year ago, and allegedly my licence number was not in the breach.
- 2muchcoffeeman 4y agoI had a prepaid Optus number too. I let it lapse years ago but I got the same email about name, number address being leaked, but not license or passport numbers. I never used the Optus number and I have moved since then. So maybe impact is minimal. But I'm still angry.