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Western naivety. Unbound / fake data SIM cards are sold in boxes by carrier’s employees.


You can still buy SIM cards in Sweden in stores without presenting an ID.


Even in countries where you can still buy a SIM card without ID, once you use your bank card to buy more credit for the SIM (and in Sweden you always will, because cash is basically dead there), it is trivial for the authorities to link the phone number to your real identity.


Iceland as well.




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