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Re:Germany to ban anonymous SIM cards[German] by JazCE on Thursday April 21, 2016 @06:34AM (#11540880)
This is terrible news. I wanted to get a sim card for Japan, but you can only get a pocket wifi device, which isn't so bad, but not as straightforward as swapping your sim out for a local sim as i do when in the states or malaysia.
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Re:Germany to ban anonymous SIM cards[German] by hamishforbes on Thursday April 21, 2016 @06:39AM (#11540904)
That's not true. You just can't get a sim card with voice/SMS capability. Foreigners can get data only SIMs no problem, most airports will sell them (often out of a vending machine) e.g. https://t.iijmio.jp/en/
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Re:Germany to ban anonymous SIM cards[German] by jessriedel on Thursday April 21, 2016 @07:24AM (#11541130)
Given VOIP, what is the rationale of making this distinction?
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Re:Germany to ban anonymous SIM cards[German] by tangent128 on Thursday April 21, 2016 @11:15AM (#11542761)
So voice SIMs can't be used as throwaway cell numbers, I'd guess.
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