• Zak@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    I’m no expert on the subject, but it’s my understanding that mobile networks are being deployed much more widely in the global south than wired telephone lines, and they’re usually internet-capable.

    • Aatube@kbin.melroy.org
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      6 hours ago

      wait, you’re right. not sure what i was thinking of… then i guess it’s an easy way to get a unique human-readable subscriber identifier?