Not All eSIMs Take You Where You Think

The dark side of travel eSIMs: Chinese detours, shady resellers, and blissfully unaware nomads

You know the drill. You land somewhere new, maybe Lisbon, maybe Tokyo. You don’t bother with the airport kiosk or the old “buy a local SIM” routine. Instead, you open an app, scan a QR code, and in seconds—bam—you’re online. Welcome to the era of travel eSIMs, a godsend for digital nomads who live half their lives with one foot in a café and the other o…