[bensecure]

Does sms auth not work with prepaid sim cards? I think the real benefit is that a sim card is basically a trusted computing device, but with a system in place at the carrier to give you back your number if you lose it. In effect, its a digital proof of identity. Since identity is fundamentally the job of the government, the real solution should be id cards with trusted computing chips in them. Though that will open up a can of worms with regards to privacy and government overreach.

[mindslight]

Simple answer: implement a privacy law with teeth. It doesn't even need to be framed from scratch - the GDPR does a fantastic job at preempting most of the flaws that lobbyists would love to slip in.

[naniwaduni]

What is the whole "consent" nonsense in the GDPR if not a huge gaping flaw slipped in by lobbyists?

[tsimionescu]

It does, but in most of Europe at least, the process for (legally) getting a prepaid SIM card also involves showing government ID.