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-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.
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.