Anti-privacy legislation: Difference between revisions
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|Real-life identity disclosure required to activate SIM cards.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SIM Card Registration |url=https://privacyinternational.org/learn/sim-card-registration |access-date=6 Mar 2026 |website=Privacy International}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bischoff |first=Paul |title=Which governments impose SIM-card registration laws to collect data on their citizens? |url=https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/sim-card-registration-laws/ |access-date=6 Mar 2026 |website=Comparitech}}</ref> | |Real-life identity disclosure required to activate SIM cards.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 Mar 2026 |title=SIM Card Registration |url=https://privacyinternational.org/learn/sim-card-registration |url-status=live |access-date=6 Mar 2026 |website=[[Privacy International]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bischoff |first=Paul |date=2025-04-23 |title=Which governments impose SIM-card registration laws to collect data on their citizens? |url=https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/sim-card-registration-laws/ |url-status=live |access-date=6 Mar 2026 |website=[[Comparitech]]}}</ref> | ||
|Many countries. | |Many countries. | ||
|People are required to associate their real-life identity with their SIM cards, making "burner phones" impossible, and making it impossible to access the cellular Internet without being tracked by the government. Additionally, this can be used to exclude political dissidents from accessing the Internet. | |People are required to associate their real-life identity with their SIM cards, making "burner phones" impossible, and making it impossible to access the cellular Internet without being tracked by the government. Additionally, this can be used to exclude political dissidents from accessing the Internet. | ||