And our privacy continues to be eroded...

[STFU]

Nationwide Mandate for Mobile Subscribers to Re-record SIM Cards Begins

bnn.network

 

[erasure]

The committee’s mandate was to propose and implement strategies that would significantly deter drug-related activities in the country.

yes well but, on the other hand, we're about to win the War on Drugs once and for all!

 

[KLB]

That isn't the US. It is the Republic of Mauritius

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Nationwide Mandate for Mobile Subscribers to Re-record SIM Cards Begins

bnn.network

The US doesn't register SIMs, so there's no law here to re-record them. The judge and commission mentioned are out of Mauritius. Not sure where you ran across the story, but it's completely irrelevant to the US.

 

[foszoe]

Holy Crap! now we are offshoring our justice system!

 

[STFU]

The US doesn't register SIMs, so there's no law here to re-record them. The judge and commission mentioned are out of Mauritius. Not sure where you ran across the story, but it's completely irrelevant to the US.

For now...don't think for a minute it cannot happen here.
That's my $.02.

 

[JettaKnight]

For now...don't think for a minute it cannot happen here.
That's my $.02.

Curious as to what social media or news aggregator or ... just how did you find this? Do you often read BNN? What country is is based in? It's not Bloomberg, but maybe trying to pretend with those letters.

In looking around, it doesn't exactly look trustworthy.

And the owner looks like a woman beating huckster.

 

[Twangbanger]

I learned that Mauritius has cellphones.

 

[singlesix]

For now...don't think for a minute it cannot happen here.
That's my $.02.

And now we know why this article popped up for you.

 

[littletommy]

I learned that Mauritius has cellphones.

I learned there was a place called Mauritius!

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I learned there was a place called Mauritius!

Wasn't it mentioned in Steve Miller's song, "The Joker"?

 

[oze]

I learned there was a place called Mauritius!

I learned that from this book, by one of my all-time favorite authors.

 

[Leadeye]

I learned that from this book, by one of my all-time favorite authors.
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That was also the first place I remember reading anything about it.

I also have to admit not even knowing what a sim card is in a phone.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

That was also the first place I remember reading anything about it.

I also have to admit not even knowing what a sim card is in a phone.

It's a little card you pop in the phone when it's activated that tells it what carrier network to connect to, what it's phone number is, that sort of thing. If you want to change carriers, you swap the card out and now it will answer to that new phone number, connect to that carrier's network, etc. Say you travel to Europe 10 years ago, you can take your phone, buy a tourist sim at the airport, and have a local number and coverage for a week until the sim expires. Some phones are 'dual sim', so you could have two accounts on the same phone. Say you want a work account and a personal account but don't want to carry two phones, you can do that then mute the work account on weekends. Now people tend to do that with software and things like Google numbers, but dual sim remains an option.

eSims are the newest thing, no physical SIM at all, and that's what the industry is going towards. There's no card swapping, it just gets reprogrammed, and can hold multiple accounts at the same time.

 

[Leadeye]

It's a little card you pop in the phone when it's activated that tells it what carrier network to connect to, what it's phone number is, that sort of thing. If you want to change carriers, you swap the card out and now it will answer to that new phone number, connect to that carrier's network, etc. Say you travel to Europe 10 years ago, you can take your phone, buy a tourist sim at the airport, and have a local number and coverage for a week until the sim expires. Some phones are 'dual sim', so you could have two accounts on the same phone. Say you want a work account and a personal account but don't want to carry two phones, you can do that then mute the work account on weekends. Now people tend to do that with software and things like Google numbers, but dual sim remains an option.

eSims are the newest thing, no physical SIM at all, and that's what the industry is going towards. There's no card swapping, it just gets reprogrammed, and can hold multiple accounts at the same time.

Learn something new every day, thanks.

 

[bobzilla]

The

It's a little card you pop in the phone when it's activated that tells it what carrier network to connect to, what it's phone number is, that sort of thing. If you want to change carriers, you swap the card out and now it will answer to that new phone number, connect to that carrier's network, etc. Say you travel to Europe 10 years ago, you can take your phone, buy a tourist sim at the airport, and have a local number and coverage for a week until the sim expires. Some phones are 'dual sim', so you could have two accounts on the same phone. Say you want a work account and a personal account but don't want to carry two phones, you can do that then mute the work account on weekends. Now people tend to do that with software and things like Google numbers, but dual sim remains an option.

eSims are the newest thing, no physical SIM at all, and that's what the industry is going towards. There's no card swapping, it just gets reprogrammed, and can hold multiple accounts at the same time.

yeah the iphail I have uses the eSim.

 

[Leadeye]

My sons now tell me I just need the hat to go with my beard.

 

[2tonic]

Wasn't it mentioned in Steve Miller's song, "The Joker"?

Yes.... apparently Mauritius is located right next to Pompatus.