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India forces WhatsApp and Telegram into permanent SIM binding (www.heise.de)
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The Indian telecommunications authority, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), has instructed eight messenger services to implement a permanent binding to inserted SIM cards. Affected are WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Snapchat, ShareChat, as well as the Indian services Arattai, JioChat, and Josh. According to the directive, the companies must ensure within 90 days that their services can only be used with a physically inserted SIM card.

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[–] 1 point 8 months ago (3 children)

Are many new phones being made with Sim slots? I assumed physical cards were fading.

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  • [–] 12 points 8 months ago

    Pretty much all phones still have SIM card slots.

    It's really mostly North American models that have been releasing with no SIM card slots lately, but they usually release it in other markets with one.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I think a bunch still do. I don't have it because I just purchased the phone with no cell plan. I just use wifi and if I go out I use my work phone Hotspot to provide wifi to my personal. I use Google voice so I have a number and some of those chat apps that my friends use to keep in touch. Im in my 40's and have never had a cell phone bill still. Outside leaving the house, I honestly cant believe people are paying $60-$100+ dollars a month when you can get everything it does these days off wifi. For the minor inconvenience ive ran into sometimes I still think it's worth it for the price.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    I just pay 15/month on mint for the lowest plan. Just so I can get directions and basic Internet while I'm out.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    It looks like that plan allows 35gb of data use in a month before it throttles, I don't think I've ever used that much mobile data.

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