alt Hacker NewsIn Switzerland you are forced to receive an SMS code to your phone on every portal in every public space everywhere to establish your identity on every network. No SMS = No public wifi anywhere in Switzerland.
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Kozmik1 • last Thursday at 8:22 PM
That's a funny choice, I thought Europe was done with SMS. I can see this 1-to-1 mapping with other cellphone derived messaging like Whatsapp, etc being an issue for privacy but it's certainly possible to have multiple phones.
pnw • last Thursday at 8:22 PM
How would an SMS code sent to a phone number be traced to the specific user? Anonymous VOIP numbers are plentiful.
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The reason is that the law in Switzerland requires identification of the user of free internet services [1]. So it is not just common practice
[1] https://www.gva.ch/Site/Passagers/Shopping/Services/Business...