B Vaughan wrote:
> On Sat, 09 Jun 2007 23:51:53 +0100, Jack Campin - bogus address
> wrote:
>>>>Norway's the first place I've tried this, but I suspect that this
>>>>practice is going to be widespread, if it isn't already.
>>>
>>>Big Brother is watching you. You won't be free, but you'll be safe.
>>It's weird that in two of the most paranoid states in Europe, Turkey
>>and the UK, you *don't* have to register SIM cards in any verifiable
>>way.
> Maybe that's why they're paranoid. You could say the same about the
> US, I believe. I think you can buy cheap throw-away phones in a
> grocery store there. And since they have no id cards there's no way
> they could verify the registration.
The phones are certainly there in the US. I don't see any reason that
you couldn't purchase one at the self service checkout for cash. Maybe
they are blocked at checkout but I would be surprised.
Something under real control like cigs are in locked cabinets which a
clerk has to access.
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