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Re:Germany to ban anonymous SIM cards[German] by the_mitsuhiko on Thursday April 21, 2016 @07:26AM (#11541144)
In which ones? I have manu prepaid sims from all over Europe and the only one with a name on is an old italian one when they required it. Which i think they no longer do.
Re:Germany to ban anonymous SIM cards[German] by JorgeGT on Thursday April 21, 2016 @09:38AM (#11541999)
In Spain you must present a valid ID since a few years ago. After a grace period they deactivated all SIMs not linked to a name.
Re:Germany to ban anonymous SIM cards[German] by pmontra on Thursday April 21, 2016 @07:35AM (#11541201)
Italy still requires to link a SIM to a person. I don't remember if I had to show my id or my fiscal code last time I got a new SIM. No more than a 30 seconds procedure. They note it down and that's it. It's been like that for so long that I forgot when and why they introduced this legislation.
Re:Germany to ban anonymous SIM cards[German] by trappedfly on Thursday April 21, 2016 @07:37AM (#11541213)
It is still required to have your name tied to SIMs in Italy. You are asked to show an ID (or driver's license) and your fiscal code[1].

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_fiscal_code_card

Re:Germany to ban anonymous SIM cards[German] by jkot on Thursday April 21, 2016 @07:30AM (#11541168)
I had to show ID in Czech Republic, Hungaria, Ireland and Greece.
Re:Germany to ban anonymous SIM cards[German] by the_mitsuhiko on Thursday April 21, 2016 @08:21AM (#11541460)
> Czech Republic

I have a czech prepaid sim, never had to show an ID for it.

> Hungaria

True, ID needed there.

> Ireland

I had an Irish Three Sim. No ID was needed.

> Greece

Looks like an ID is needed there from Googling.

Re:Germany to ban anonymous SIM cards[German] by ithkuil on Thursday April 21, 2016 @08:29AM (#11541517)
I confirm: in Ireland you can buy a sim (I have a tesco mobile SIM) with no ID