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by iguy
2996 days ago
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Sorry, by "highly unusual" I meant more an outlier among countries (in which I've bought sim cards). I guess I now assume it's all so tracked as not to matter much one way or the other -- it's not like the NSA can't connect your ebay account to your name. Asking for ID just saves them a few CPU cycles, reducing everyone's carbon footprint :) |
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Even assuming they have continuous access to ebay, telco and mvno systems, they probably don't have continuous access to the computers of the individual reseller who's selling preloaded SIM cards. This is almost certainly one guy working out of his house.
No doubt, the NSA could hack that guy, but they'd have to do so deliberately. The connection necessary for mass surveillance is broken at this point.