The FCC wants to legally force telecoms to collect new and renewing customers’ government issued identity number and physical address, impacting everyone from the privacy-conscious to domestic abuse survivors. “We never thought that would happen here.”
The only time I was in the US, 3ish years ago, I bought a SIM card directly at the airport and I paid it with cash without so much as giving my name.
But were you able to activate it in the US without proof of identity? I’m not saying you didn’t, just that it’s pre-9/11 that I recall being able to do so, myself.
Yeah yeah, it worked from the start without IDing myself
I just recently bought a phone plan for a year from US mobile and all I did was pay no ID. I did pay with card tho so its not like its anonymous.