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Re:An incident impacting 5M accounts and private information... by thaumasiotes on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @01:36PM (#32401092)
> but every sim card is available only after you provide a copy of your national id card aka Aadhar Card.

Can you not get an activated SIM off the street?

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Re:An incident impacting 5M accounts and private information... by davchana on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @03:06PM (#32402494)
No, technically every SIM gets activated only when mobile phone provider gets the user's documents copy & a verification call comes from mobile company's service center to an existing number of yours or family (& you verify your documents details). If you don't have a existing number to reach, they make you to bring documents to official store. There is no pre activated SIM cards.

Mostly, like any other country, this happened because they found bad people were using pre activated sim cards for terrorism.

My exiting phone number is now 14 years old, same provider, prepaid. I have been required to submit updated KYC about 4 times in these years.

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Re:An incident impacting 5M accounts and private information... by drvsh on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @01:43PM (#32401188)
No
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