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In the US you can buy a SIM card and activate without providing any information at the airport. At least in NYC. I was really surprised the first time

• kgwxd 5mo ago
  Why were you surprised?
  • ImJamal 5mo ago
    Not who you were responding to, but most of the western world requires IDs already. The US is an outlier on this issue.
    • kayo_20211030 5mo ago
      I don't think that's true. At least not in the European countries I visit.
      • dgellow 5mo ago
        It’s a EU wide requirement
        • kayo_20211030 5mo ago
          I dunno. I can go to Tesco in Ireland and the UK (fine, UK is not EU no more, but still Europe) and get a sim without ID.
          • hnav 5mo ago
            Nordics, Baltics and a couple of other countries are the places this still works. The rest of Europe is locked down.
          • dgellow 5mo ago
            You’re right, I was mistaken. A proposal circulated to have an EU wide ID requirement but it went nowhere. So it depends the country
  • dgellow 5mo ago
    Because I’m from Europe, and we need to provide an ID to get a SIM card