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Re:Tell HN: Google requiring phone number to log into Chrome... by Symbiote on Sunday September 09, 2018 @06:12AM (#17945209)
Please don't generalize about Europe unless you're certain the statement is true.

You can buy a SIM card in a vending machine in at least airports in Denmark and the UK.

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Re:Tell HN: Google requiring phone number to log into Chrome... by Loic on Sunday September 09, 2018 @06:40AM (#17945269)
Last time I was there in Denmark I had to provide a CPR number to enable the SIM card. For the non-danish people the CPR number is basically your lifetime number for everything from social security, to tax, payroll, etc.
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Re:Tell HN: Google requiring phone number to log into Chrome... by Symbiote on Monday September 10, 2018 @03:55AM (#17950140)
Perhaps if you want a contract, but it would be rather pointless requiring a CPR number, yet selling SIMs in the arrivals hall of Copenhagen Airport.
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Re:Tell HN: Google requiring phone number to log into Chrome... by blub on Sunday September 09, 2018 @06:41AM (#17945274)
Can you also activate it and use it?

Because I've seen SIM cards that can be bought in supermarkets in another country, but then you need to show your ID to an operator over Skype to activate it.

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Re:Tell HN: Google requiring phone number to log into Chrome... by fooker on Sunday September 09, 2018 @06:54AM (#17945322)
You can.
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Re:Tell HN: Google requiring phone number to log into Chrome... by natch on Sunday September 09, 2018 @09:58AM (#17945900)
How?
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Re:Tell HN: Google requiring phone number to log into Chrome... by johnchristopher on Sunday September 09, 2018 @04:56PM (#17947738)
Indeed, I thought it was a European directive.

I am willing to bet the vast majority of European countries will follow suit before 5 years though.

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Re:Tell HN: Google requiring phone number to log into Chrome... by miluge on Sunday September 09, 2018 @08:22AM (#17945569)
In Romania by law you have to give your ID. But between what the law says and what happens in practice...
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Re:Tell HN: Google requiring phone number to log into Chrome... by anticensor on Sunday September 09, 2018 @03:56PM (#17947454)
Throwaway SIMs are unavailable and foreign throwaway ones do not work in Turkey.
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