▲ 349 ▼ FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones By Forcing Telecoms to Get All Customers’ IDs (www.404media.co) submitted 5 months ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world 35 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] einfach_orangensaft@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 months ago (5 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Griffus@lemmy.zip 5 points 5 months ago (2 children) My first thought was; are burner phones still a thing somewhere? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 11 points 5 months ago I'm pretty sure I saw a vending machine in NYC where you could buy prepaid SIMs for cash. That seems about as "burner phone" as it gets. permalink fedilink source parent [–] altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 5 months ago At this point it can jump into identity theft zone anytime soon, even if said identity is none. permalink fedilink source parent [–] vorpuni@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 2 points 5 months ago Even longer in France. Strangely enough some people have 500 prepaid SIMs to their name and are in 500 places at once! permalink fedilink source parent [–] RVGamer06@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 months ago And in Italy for as long as i can remember(i'm 20 y/o though) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Griffus@lemmy.zip 5 points 5 months ago (2 children) My first thought was; are burner phones still a thing somewhere? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 11 points 5 months ago I'm pretty sure I saw a vending machine in NYC where you could buy prepaid SIMs for cash. That seems about as "burner phone" as it gets. permalink fedilink source parent [–] altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 5 months ago At this point it can jump into identity theft zone anytime soon, even if said identity is none. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 11 points 5 months ago I'm pretty sure I saw a vending machine in NYC where you could buy prepaid SIMs for cash. That seems about as "burner phone" as it gets. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 5 months ago At this point it can jump into identity theft zone anytime soon, even if said identity is none. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vorpuni@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 2 points 5 months ago Even longer in France. Strangely enough some people have 500 prepaid SIMs to their name and are in 500 places at once! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RVGamer06@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 months ago And in Italy for as long as i can remember(i'm 20 y/o though) permalink fedilink source parent