Buying a prepaid mobile phone in the UK may soon require a passport

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oh dear looks like you have fallen for the trick of the UK newspapers' sensationalist headlines... the story you link to actually says "Everyone who buys a mobile telephone will be forced to register their identity on a national database under government plans...." ie. this is only at the planning stage, you do not actually have to show your passport when you buy a pre-paid phone in the UK now, the government is only considering doing it in future - it may not ever even happen.

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