Cryptotech Solutions

In today's episode I wanted to cover a blog post I wrote back on Jan 31st titled "Burner Phones Go Black Market in Poland."   The blog post was inspired by an article on Lodzpost.com, and you can find a link to the original article in today's show notes page.   So back at the beginning of this year Poland put a new law into effect requiring retailers there in Poland to record and report the identity of every customers buying "pre-paid" Sim cards, or "Burner Phones" if you want to call them by their more sensational name.  So according to this new law, every customer has to present a government issued ID, and the store has to record their name and national identification number.   I've got a problem with this for a number of reasons, but before I get into that, let's remind people what a SIM card is.  A SIM card is the little, removable chip that allows your phone to talk to your cellular carrier's network. It holds unique information such as your telephone number, but also your personal security keys and netw