In the US you can buy a SIM card and activate without providing any information at the airport. At least in NYC. I was really surprised the first time

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kgwxd 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Why were you surprised?

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ImJamal an hour ago | parent [-]

Not who you were responding to, but most of the western world requires IDs already. The US is an outlier on this issue.

	▲	kayo_20211030 44 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I don't think that's true. At least not in the European countries I visit.