It can go several ways, but they're going to ID the buyer one way or another.
We bought a cheap Trac phone for $20, but to connect the service to the phone we had to provide a SSN. We bought another cheap phone and they required a SSN for the purchase.
Japan is the same way, you have to present ID to the phone shop to even get a prepaid. You have to be a permanent resident in the country. Apparently to prevent "terrorism".
They did same in Poland as a part of Anti-Terrorist law, since everyone buying a prepaid is potentially a terrorist (/s), but there were no limits on number of prepaids that can be purchased or any restriction on second-hand sales. It was quite a deal for resellers.
Also this was a huge story before SA absolutely self-immolated with the riots a few weeks ago. But links to much of it, immediate recent history, are hard to dredge up with a search just now.
They are paving over the past at an accelerated rate.
Don't know what the situation in Pakistan is, but a sim card in the uk costs literal pennies.
Yes but you have to present personal ID to buy a sim so they can assign ownership. Cell phone theft to the moon Alice!
That's pretty funny. Here in the UK you just buy a sim card and be completely unidentifiable.
It can go several ways, but they're going to ID the buyer one way or another.
We bought a cheap Trac phone for $20, but to connect the service to the phone we had to provide a SSN. We bought another cheap phone and they required a SSN for the purchase.
Japan is the same way, you have to present ID to the phone shop to even get a prepaid. You have to be a permanent resident in the country. Apparently to prevent "terrorism".
In the Netherlands you can still go to a shop and buy a prepaid SIM card with cash. You can put money on it with vouchers you can also buy with cash.
When I was in the UK a couple of years ago it was the same there (I did it), but that was a few years ago so it could've changed of course.
I've still got the UK SIM, it gives me a much better internet connection even in the Netherlands for some reason.
They did same in Poland as a part of Anti-Terrorist law, since everyone buying a prepaid is potentially a terrorist (/s), but there were no limits on number of prepaids that can be purchased or any restriction on second-hand sales. It was quite a deal for resellers.
What was it that South African cash-in-transit shootout hero Leo Prinsloo was protecting from theft?
Cell phones.
Also this was a huge story before SA absolutely self-immolated with the riots a few weeks ago. But links to much of it, immediate recent history, are hard to dredge up with a search just now.
They are paving over the past at an accelerated rate.
There's going to be a lot of Allahu Akhbar headed their way soon.
Ah yes, covid is known to travel extra quickly and be especially contagious and deadly when sent through a cell phone