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Re:Without a Trace: How to Take Your Phone Off the Grid by drbig on Thursday October 26, 2023 @03:38AM (#38022842)
At least here in Poland you can buy a sim card no questions asked, but it will not work until you register it - an action that requires you give up PII, including a valid PESEL[1].

I assume the legal basis for all of this is "terrorism!", which would imply that cheating on this could result in... nothing enjoyable.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PESEL

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Re:Without a Trace: How to Take Your Phone Off the Grid by geraldhh on Friday October 27, 2023 @08:58AM (#38037832)
> it will not work until you register it - an action that requires you give up PII

what i meant.

> I assume the legal basis for all of this is "terrorism!

the "low hanging fruit of terrorism" aka nuisances, but yea

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