WeChat confirms it makes all private user data available to Chinese government

Re:WeChat confirms it makes all private user data available ... by thaumasiotes on Friday September 22, 2017 @06:54PM (#15316652)

> I bought a T-Mobile SIM card with cash and activated it at home and I could have put anything into the address information. I have never once shown my ID when dealing with my T-Mobile account. Try doing that in China.

That's not hard to do in China (well, your SIM card would be China Mobile or China Unicom, not T-Mobile), unless they've made some drastic changes in the last couple of years. But since I've seen the claim that you had to provide ID to buy a SIM card made at times where I knew it was currently false, I strongly suspect it's still false.

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Re:WeChat confirms it makes all private user data available ... by jk2323 on Friday September 22, 2017 @10:48PM (#15317773)

I think they made the changes. I once had such an "over the counter" sim card but later changed to a monthly contract with my passport. But I remember seeing on the expat magazines "last chance to keep your SIM card active". At one point you had to provide ID or they just turned off the service.

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Re:WeChat confirms it makes all private user data available ... by anonexpat on Saturday September 23, 2017 @03:38AM (#15318679)

Correct. I signed up with China Unicom last week, was required to use my passport, and was only allowed a single SIM card. Anonymity is nearly impossible.

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