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China requires ID to buy mobile phone numbers (AP)

September 1st, 2010

A vendor browses magazine at a news stand with a paper displaying mobile phone numbers for sale in Beijing, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. China began requiring identification on Wednesday from anyone purchasing a new mobile phone number in what it says is a bid to stamp out rampant junk messages but that some say is raising new privacy concerns. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - China wants people who buy new cell phone numbers to register their personal details, joining many European and Asian countries in curbing the anonymous use of mobile technology.


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