▲ 79 ▼ If the FCC Bans Burner Phones, It Could Be a Privacy Nightmare (www.cnet.com) submitted 4 months ago by Sunshine@piefed.ca to c/privacy@programming.dev 4 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago (2 children) Sim farms are also a thing used by threat actors. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (1 child) They're a low cost way of building out robo-call infrastructure. But this does nothing to prevent malicious actors from getting their hands on cheap hardware. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 10 points 4 months ago* Yep. Just another means to control the populace and extract more money out of them. Look at programs like MethCheck, putting pseudoephedrine products behind the counter and putting a limit on purchasing...requiring ID to purchase. So now we've got: A limit on how much Sudafed we can buy (without a prescription, which is it's own level of bullshit because now you gotta see a doctor) A requirement to have valid state-issued ID to purchase medicine. Phenylephrine, a glorified placebo, taking over all cold medicine. Poor people can't steal medicine (I see this as a con) Smurfs. Just as much meth. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (1 child) They're a low cost way of building out robo-call infrastructure. But this does nothing to prevent malicious actors from getting their hands on cheap hardware. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 10 points 4 months ago* Yep. Just another means to control the populace and extract more money out of them. Look at programs like MethCheck, putting pseudoephedrine products behind the counter and putting a limit on purchasing...requiring ID to purchase. So now we've got: A limit on how much Sudafed we can buy (without a prescription, which is it's own level of bullshit because now you gotta see a doctor) A requirement to have valid state-issued ID to purchase medicine. Phenylephrine, a glorified placebo, taking over all cold medicine. Poor people can't steal medicine (I see this as a con) Smurfs. Just as much meth. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 10 points 4 months ago* Yep. Just another means to control the populace and extract more money out of them. Look at programs like MethCheck, putting pseudoephedrine products behind the counter and putting a limit on purchasing...requiring ID to purchase. So now we've got: A limit on how much Sudafed we can buy (without a prescription, which is it's own level of bullshit because now you gotta see a doctor) A requirement to have valid state-issued ID to purchase medicine. Phenylephrine, a glorified placebo, taking over all cold medicine. Poor people can't steal medicine (I see this as a con) Smurfs. Just as much meth. permalink fedilink source parent