Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.au/@quokka1" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>quokka1</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GrapheneOS</span></a></span> I sincerely doubt the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/regulators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulators</span></a> will do much about it and I assume that like with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a> (aka. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/T%C3%BCrkiye" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Türkiye</span></a>):</p><p>Restricted imports of one Device (as per IMEI!!!) per person and year (every entry is counted even if you leave with the device!) and automatically bans them after 30 days of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Roaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Roaming</span></a> across all networks until one <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KYC</span></a>'s with a Turkish National ID at a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/T%C3%BCrkcell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Türkcell</span></a> Store in person results in a literal <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BlackMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMarket</span></a>" for domestically sold, cheap prepaid phones by said carriers</em> just to take their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IMEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMEI</span></a> and flash it onto the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Baseband" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Baseband</span></a> of an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/imported" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imported</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Smartphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Smartphone</span></a> to circumvent that garbage.</p><ul><li>Basically the inverse of what people do in places like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Thailand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thailand</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> where KYC is mandated even for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Prepaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prepaid</span></a> cards and they just import a SIM from neighbouring countries.</li></ul>