[eru]

You used to be able to be an anonymous SIM in the UK. (No clue whether that's still the case.)

The SIM would still be tracked.

Don't think whatever EU laws allowed the UK to keep some SIMS anonymous have changed since they left?

[TomMarius]

The country that still allows it is Czechia. So it's probably not an EU law that requires it.

[eru]

Thanks!

That figures. They are also pretty liberal on their citizens owning guns.

[TomMarius]

Indeed we are, and the gun ownership is not minor as well (every twelfth adult normally carries a weapon).

[jacobush]

Interesting twist on that - the EU has gun regulations, but Czechia made a law that every licensed gun owner in Czechia constitutes a part of the national defense. Sweden has a similar thing, where people in the reserve can have a fully automatic submachine gun. But it's limited to people with an explicit reserve status and the proper training, gun safe etc and further limitations, plus in practice it's not common anymore.

[TomMarius]

Trust me, if the EU was to interfere with gun ownership here, Czechia would be out the next day. There was a little sign of such thing and a huge protest was planned within days, forcing the politicians to consider protecting gun ownership/carrying in the constitution (not yet done, but still on the table)

[jacobush]

Also Sweden

[surround]

As the article demonstrates, it’s easy to de-anonymize the data.