> Are there any highly developed nations that allow complete strangers with any nationality to buy and use a mobile phone without showing a national ID? Canada

> Are there any highly developed nations that allow complete strangers with any nationality to buy and use a mobile phone without showing a national ID? Canada maybe? [I'm 80% sure that] Public Mobile will sell you a prepaid sim card at the counter. You could pay cash, and set your caller ID to a fake name. If we're talking about mobility plans, the identity requirement is more about the credit check they might want to do than anything else.