Mobile SIM registration linked to digital ID is causing exclusion of marginalised groups, and concerns about privacy in the absence of sufficient legal safeguards, especially in nations with a history of abuse by authorities
  • lenathaw@lemmy.ml
    8·
    3 years ago

    I always found it wild that Sim cards in Germany require registration and you have to video call a human and hold your photo id next to your face. Whereas in neighboring Netherlands you can grab free Sim cards in many stores, no questions asked