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Re:Telegram moves to protect identity of Hong Kong protesters by terrywang on Friday August 30, 2019 @11:36PM (#20844482)
Not the same crossing the Tasman sea. It's mixed in Australia. One can only have 5 pre-paid mobile numbers under 1 name (activation limit). However, you can still buy SIM packs from supermarkets or convenient stores, not sure if activation requires ID, it may depend on provider.

NZ is obviously loose due to large number of tourists, I reckon. So easy to get SIM cards, I've got 2 (spark and 2 degrees). US also requires ID to get SIM last time I was in bay area (2016).

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Re:Telegram moves to protect identity of Hong Kong protesters by paranoidrobot on Friday August 30, 2019 @11:44PM (#20844504)
> not sure if activation requires ID

Pretty sure they all do. I've used prepaid on all the major carriers and bigger MVNOs and I needed to give some form of ID to the signup process.

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