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
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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

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