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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

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[–] Griffus@lemmy.zip 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

My first thought was; are burner phones still a thing somewhere?

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[–] 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.

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[–] 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.

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