On Mon, Nov 02, 2015 at 07:06:09PM -0800, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: > I've been to Europe only one time, in 2010. I had to buy a cell phone > there to communicate, and when I did I was entirely surprised to learn > that one cannot do so without presenting some form of identification, > passport, driver's license, etc. (We don't do that here.) The inference > I draw is that in Europe, even more than other places, law enforcement > at least can trace a phone number to a particular person. If true, that > represents both a deterrent to fraud, and a useful assist when and if > possible fraud in being investigated.
Please, don't treat Europe as a single jurisdiction/country/state etc. Just to comment - last week I have been given a disposable sim card with new phone number at the local student cafeteria without even asking for it. In Europe. Piotr -- gucio -> Piotr Strzyżewski E-mail: piotr.strzyzew...@polsl.pl
