Swiss to Name Mobile Phone Users

Posted by timothy on Wednesday March 12, 2003 @05:47AM from the well-then-it's-solved dept.

elmacho writes "In what is surely a knee-jerk reaction, the Swiss parliament has banned anonymous mobile phone usage following the revelations that Al Qaeda members were using the phones in other countries. Wasn't it established the other day that, considering they were caught, the anonymity provided by the phones is limited? What purpose will this serve, assuming that any terrorists who need a mobile phone will simply purchase one in another of the many countries that do provide anonymous mobiles?"

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This is true in Germany for years by itsme1234 · 2003-03-12 05:58 · Score: 2, Informative

Nothing new here; you need the passport AND registration to buy a pre-paid card in Germany. As a tourist there is no chance to buy a pre-paid card in any decent shop. Of course, there are quite a few shops with turkish (?) people and you could buy _anything_ there. Or you could buy one off the ebay, or from flea market. I wonder how could they ban the flea market ...