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Re:China's New Wave of Internet Censorship: Name Verificatio... by 1_2__4 on Sunday August 27, 2017 @11:51AM (#15111241)
ID for a cell number is certainly not a requirement in the US. Or anywhere in Western Europe. Or Canada. Or Mexico. Or anywhere in South America. So where are you talking about that being a requirement ?
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Re:China's New Wave of Internet Censorship: Name Verificatio... by paradite on Sunday August 27, 2017 @12:20PM (#15111375)
France:

http://prepaid-data-sim-card.wikia.com/wiki/France

Belgium, Spain, Italy, Greece:

https://www.miteksystems.com/blog/mobile-identity-verificati...

US maybe soon:

https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4886

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Re:China's New Wave of Internet Censorship: Name Verificatio... by def_true_false on Sunday August 27, 2017 @12:57PM (#15111550)
It's trivial to get a SIM from another EU country.
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Re:China's New Wave of Internet Censorship: Name Verificatio... by sfifs on Sunday August 27, 2017 @12:26PM (#15111403)
pretty much anywhere in Asia for instance.
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