[swiley]

I live in the US and I've definitely bought sim cards and activated phones without sharing an ID.

I even proceeded to (unknowingly) break the law with one of the phones I bought from target. (apparently you're not supposed to use prepaid phones for balloon tracking.)

Not that it matters, they can still subpoena the place you got the phone from and now they have a video of you.

[Mediterraneo10]

While one can still buy a prepaid SIM card without ID in the USA (though I don’t expect that to remain the case for long), there are plenty of OPSEC slipups: if you top up your account with a bank card in your own name, the mobile provider will associate your identity with the SIM card. If you leave the phone with that card turned on overnight at your own home, it is trivial for the mobile provider or authorities to link that SIM to your own identity, etc.

[blendergeek]

In today's world you will be wearing a mask so if you add a ballcap and keep your head down, identification will be difficult.

[lrvick]

This is perhaps the first time in generations the outcome of a major negative world event made more privacy socially acceptable.

[RandomBacon]

And keep your electronic devices off.

Target uses your devices radios to track your movements in a store. I wonder if they also use it to correlate cash purchases.

One of many articles about this: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jan/21/shops-tra...

[FandangoRanger]

What? LOL this isn't the 1990's, there's gait detection now.

[yjftsjthsd-h]

Okay, so stick a pebble in one shoe.