[watwut]

You have it other way round. USA had burner anonymous cards when European countries did not.

[rcbdev]

Yes. Had.

In Europe it was the norm far longer than in the U.S.A.

[watwut]

Where exactly in Europe? Countries I interacted with did not had anonymous burner phones. You could buy prepaid card, but you had to show your id and give out your name. You had contract like any other (contract for that number).

Prepaid card was just a payment thing, not anonymity thing. I know, because I functioned on prepaid cards for anonymity unrelated reasons.

[rcbdev]

Czechia, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Portugal, Croatia, etc. pp.