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What about buying the cheapest SIM card in a convenience store and activate the service with it using a dumb phone?
That might work in most places, but there are countries that only sell pre-paid cards with ID registration.
Protip: in those countries, go to the tourist hot spots and walk into a SIM selling shop. Use a thick foreign accent.
There's always an industry for anon SIM cards for tourists.
That won't work in Australia. You can buy the SIM anywhere of course, you just can't activate it. You'll need proof of ID on line to do that.. There are only three operators (the rest are resellers). I am sure there are ways around it but not the one you suggest.
When I was last in NZ you didn't need ID must buy a SIM and good to go, not sjre thats still the case though?
The way you work around it is the shop keeper probably uses their own ID. There's always a market for tourists