Re: Police push ID links to prepaid phones

[mark seiden-via mac <mis () seiden com>]

a few data points on this.

as a frequent traveler:

i recently had to show id in spain and france (but not in the uk) to  
buy a prepaid sim.
in japan you need a govt issue id card (so you need a local citizen to  
buy you a prepaid phone).

and as an infosec guy:

the bad guys are also buying voip dial-in lines to use for their scams.


On May 12, 2008, at 5:14 PM, Richard M. Smith wrote:

> http://www.policeone.com/legal/articles/1694420-Police-push-ID-links-to-prepaid-phones/
> Police push ID links to prepaid phones
> By Jim McElhatton
> The Washington Times
>
> CHICAGO — Victims in Chicago Police Detective Timothy J. Murphy's  
> homicide cases were leaving behind important clues: cell phones  
> showing incoming calls just before the times of death.
> But the calls increasingly led to numbers dialed by prepaid cell- 
> phone users and that's a dead end, Detective Murphy explained in a  
> letter sent nearly two years ago to state and federal lawmakers,  
> because phone companies usually don't maintain the identities of the  
> phone buyers.
> "In the last several months, many of my homicide investigations have  
> been hindered due to the major obstruction that 'prepay' or 'pay as  
> you go' cellular telephones that litter the market cause," he wrote.  
> "I am seeking your assistance in introducing legislation to regulate  
> this loophole."
> He's still waiting.
> "Nobody did anything," the eight-year veteran of the city's homicide  
> squad said in a phone interview last week.
> Although no bills are pending in Congress, legislation requiring  
> photo identification for prepaid-phone purchases is surfacing in  
> statehouses nationwide. The National Conference of State  
> Legislatures is following bills in Michigan and Georgia. Lawmakers  
> in New Jersey, Texas and Pennsylvania also have considered  
> legislation.
> …
>
>
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