China's New Wave of Internet Censorship: Name Verification for Online Commenting

Re:China's New Wave of Internet Censorship: Name Verificatio... by no1youknowz on Sunday August 27, 2017 @08:09AM (#15110412)

> To have a mobile phone number, you need your passport or ID.

Not in the UK you don't. I can order a bunch of free sims with fake names and addresses and get them. I've got about 20 from EE, gifgaff, Vodafone, NanoSim, O2, etc.

So by your logic. I can create fake facebook and email from a free SIM of a number that has no connection to me.

Every system has a weakspot. You just need to know how to exploit it.

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Re:China's New Wave of Internet Censorship: Name Verificatio... by sfifs on Sunday August 27, 2017 @12:25PM (#15111399)

except that your mobile provider can probably localize you to within tens if meters. If you use modern tech, there's no real anonymity - just degrees of difficulty.

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Re:China's New Wave of Internet Censorship: Name Verificatio... by gruez on Sunday August 27, 2017 @12:47PM (#15111513)

obviously the idea is to dispose of the sim after you've used it to create the account.

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Re:China's New Wave of Internet Censorship: Name Verificatio... by paradite on Sunday August 27, 2017 @08:15AM (#15110430)

We seem to be in agreement.

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