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| ▲ | triceratops 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| > It did in every other country that did it Citation required. |
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| ▲ | KaiserPro 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | SMS farm/machines don't work in the UK at least, I suspect not even in NL | | |
| ▲ | inigyou an hour ago | parent [-] | | Of course they do but every SIM is registered to your ID so it's extremely risky for you. |
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| ▲ | cge 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Europe does not consistently have KYC for phone service, at least for mobile connections. Normal phone companies in Ireland don't ask for information when buying SIMs (physical ones, at least). Some eSIM providers in Europe don't ask for information at all, and accept cryptocurrency payments. (I'm also aware that some other European countries have very different requirements, up to actually needing copies of identification.) More widely, however, there do seem to be differences that I don't know the details of. VOIP seems quite different (I use it for my old phones): DID numbers in the US seem extremely cheap and available instantly, with little information, while European ones seem to have an actual verification process and prices that would make large-scale spamming difficult. |
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| ▲ | piltdownman 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | As an additional anecdote, I've never heard of a number-porting/2FA attack using social engineering or other methods in Ireland - but we have our own unique issues now with Robocalls and phishing on WhatsApp and SMS. |
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| ▲ | reddalo 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| > It did in every other country that did it Italy has mandatory KYC for all mobile numbers, and scam/spam calls are a common problem. So no, it doesn't fix the problem at all. |
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| ▲ | rockskon 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Has it? Spam calls frequently don't have a source in the same country as their target victim. |
