cm0002@toast.ooo to Privacy@programming.dev · 1 month agoFCC plans ID mandate that could block anonymous use of prepaid burner phonesarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up126
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minus-squareKrusty@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoHow about blocking all the virtual numbers that are scams and give a not in service error if you call them back Simple. Not in service? Don’t connect the fucking call.
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·30 days agoCarriers can do that already. They don’t want to. They get paid millions for those connections every year. They don’t give a shit about the consumer in comparison. People accept their excuses.
minus-squarethe_crotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·28 days agoCarriers can also require ID to activate a burner phone already, yet here the FCC is mandating it.
How about blocking all the virtual numbers that are scams and give a not in service error if you call them back
Simple. Not in service? Don’t connect the fucking call.
Carriers can do that already. They don’t want to. They get paid millions for those connections every year. They don’t give a shit about the consumer in comparison. People accept their excuses.
Carriers can also require ID to activate a burner phone already, yet here the FCC is mandating it.