Where I live this is already pretty much a thing, and has been for several years. Not when you buy the phone, but when you try to activate it for cell service.
I hate the U.S. of KKK.
Anyway, use wifi and mesh networks. Or stay offline.
How do drug dealers do their deals then?
I have no idea how they even think this would work for international visitors.
That’s the neat thing, they don’t want international visitors. So no more tourism.
In India all phone numbers are tied to your government id and international visitors must submit their passport to get a phone number.
How does this work if it’s a birthday or Christmas gift?
In the EU they just force you to shell out your identity at some point of the activation process, burner numbers are pretty much impossible to get.
It’s the same in the United States. So I’m not sure how people are getting these “burners.”
I mean, people are innovative, so I’m sure there are ways; I’m just not privy to them.
You can still do this on a number of carriers. You can buy mint sims at Walmart/target and put in whatever info you want. Still don’t expect to have much privacy when you use it though
Interesting. I joined Mint once but they asked for all my information but ID to prove it, because I paid with my card that corroborated my information, presumably. Unfortunately, I had to get a refund because while my device was compatible, some minor detail I can’t remember some years later caused it to not work with their esim.
Professionally, one and done.
The only time I was in the US, 3ish years ago, I bought a SIM card directly at the airport and I paid it with cash without so much as giving my name.
But were you able to activate it in the US without proof of identity? I’m not saying you didn’t, just that it’s pre-9/11 that I recall being able to do so, myself.
Yeah yeah, it worked from the start without IDing myself
I just recently bought a phone plan for a year from US mobile and all I did was pay no ID. I did pay with card tho so its not like its anonymous.
It’s pretty common internationally.
