Man Possessing 100,000 Unregistered SIM Cards Arrested In India

The article says he was renting them. It doesn't specify the means of possession, like a hundred thousand little pockets on the inside of his jacket, a burly aluminum case handcuffed to his wrist, or a peddler's cart.

Re: Man Possessing 100,000 Unregistered SIM Cards Arrested In India

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Post by nekitamo » Mon, Jul 25, 2011, 4:50 PM UTC

That's a lot of gmail accounts.

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Post by jordan0day » Mon, Jul 25, 2011, 4:52 PM UTC

While it's easy to quickly speculate that the only purpose of 100,000 "unregistered" SIM cards is to "do bad things", I have to wonder: Why does a SIM card need to be registered to begin with?

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Post by billswift » Mon, Jul 25, 2011, 4:53 PM UTC

>>Logically speaking, someone who just wants a SIM for his personal use, he won’t be bothered about providing his authentic documents to the network, however when someone has dirty business to do, providing authentic documents is definitely on his not-to-do list.

Yet another claim of "You don't need privacy if you have nothing to hide." Does anyone know if the US requires all SIM cards to be "registered"?

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Post by VladRussian » Mon, Jul 25, 2011, 5:00 PM UTC

criminal possession of more than an ounce of Schedule 2 dr.... err... integrated circuits.

Interesting that they emphasize the "possession", not that his business itself is, very likely, unlicensed wrt. some law.

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Post by diggericon » Mon, Jul 25, 2011, 5:03 PM UTC

Point is even if your a criminal why do you need 100k sims? The only business which involves so many sims is VoIP

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Post by hannibalhorn » Mon, Jul 25, 2011, 5:23 PM UTC

Never bought a SIM in India, but if it's anything like, say, Argentina where it takes 30 minutes and several pages of paperwork just to get a SIM... I'd opt to go with the guy that doesn't require all that paperwork too, just to avoid the hassle. Can't jump to the conclusion that all the renters are intent on "doing bad things".