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FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones By Forcing Telecoms to Get All Customers’ IDs (www.404media.co)
submitted 10 hours ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] einfach_orangensaft@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

This has been normal in germany for a decade now

[–] Griffus@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

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

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 2 points 1 hour 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.

[–] darklamer@feddit.org 3 points 2 hours ago

UK still has anonymous SIM cards, which I find somewhat surprising considering the amount of surveillance there.

[–] altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 hours ago

At this point it can jump into identity theft zone anytime soon, even if said identity is none.