Hey-ho, privacy enthusiasts

I’m currently traveling around the world, and thinking about staying in Europe for 5ish years

But i’m a tinfoil guy and aware of the “many eyed beast”

So, what do you think? All lies and everything is actually dystopian, or everything should be fine?

I’m actually thinking about 4 countries like Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Greece (because don’t like cold, and actually a little bit sick of other countries in the EU😅😅😅)

  • Sylocule@lemmy.one
    2·
    11 months ago

    Gotcha

    Internet is somewhat restricted but only the most common sites are blocked

    Renting requires ID - passport or Spanish ID, same with Internet or a SIM card

    Transportation there’s no ID requirements on buses and trains

    • Gooey0210@sh.itjust.worksOP
      21·
      11 months ago

      Renting requires ID - passport or Spanish ID

      Does the landlord register the people that rent the place?

      or a SIM card

      How common is someone selling preregistered sim cards?

      • fluckx@lemmy.world
        5·
        11 months ago

        I don’t think you can a sim card anonymously in europe. You might be able to find some online, though I have no idea:

        - how legal they are

        - if they function at all/normally

        At least in my country ( which isn’t one you listed ) you cannot buy an anonymous SIM card in shops due to some anti terrorism law ( iirc ).

        I thought it was like that for the whole of Europe, but I could be wrong.

        Apparently there are still EU countries where you can buy anonymous SIMs.

      • Sylocule@lemmy.one
        2·
        11 months ago

        Depends on the landlord - some are dodgy and won’t register you because they don’t declare the income

      • LoveSausage
        2·
        11 months ago

        You can buy Romanian cards on eBay , Vodafone works fine in Spain