Talk:Austria/@comment-185.39.175.21-20170723155026/@comment-24682153-20170726174430

Austrian government is currently considering implementing a registration scheme like in Germany. This scheme has proven to be totally useless as all existing SIM cards are not registered and nobody cares. So a black market for "anonymous" SIM cards is popping up on eBay.de as the re-sale of already working SIMs is not banned either. Foreigners have now more problems because their IDs are double checked and some are declined.

So please be considerate what you are doing. While I understand the need for anonymous or encrypted communication in some cases, don't misuse the loopholes for criminal activities. All users face a harder time getting a SIM registered in Germany right now and probably soon in Austria. If you want to anonymize internet traffic, use a VPN.