In China, when you get a phone number, you have to give them your national ID/身份...

dangrover on Dec 5, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ransomware Infects 100K PCs in China, Demands WeCh...

In China, when you get a phone number, you have to give them your national ID/身份证. So anything you authenticate with a phone number could be traced back to you.