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		grantla on May 6, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Preventing the use of SIM farms for fraud: consult... From experience in other EU countries, registering SIM-card registration helps exactly nothing. The biometrics also won't help.

wkat4242 on May 6, 2023 [–]

Of course it doesn't. Especially with the low roaming costs inside Europe. Just grab one in another country and use that. It's purely theater. This is why it's so annoying.

My current provider Orange even requires me to re-ID at their shop periodically now :(

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