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FCC plans ID mandate that could block anonymous use of prepaid burner phones (arstechnica.com)

submitted 4 months ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to c/privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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[–] thejoker954@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 child)

I thought this already happened long ago. It's been years since I've seen burner phones/prepaid sims for sale.

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[–] ironycanal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 months ago

They are, but they do tend to require SSN.

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