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Your rights will be dissolved and you will get nothing in return. The scam calls must never cease.
In Germany, there has been an identity verification requirement for prepaid SIM cards since 2017. Despite this law, many retail outlets do not carry out the check or sell already registered SIMs that are often issued in someone else's name. The smaller and more dubious the shop is, the higher the likelihood of it happening. Via these channels, one can usually obtain SIM cards only from small providers (MVNOs) who have leased network capacity on other networks. This loophole exists because there are many people who do not possess identification documents but still need a mobile contract for making calls or communicating.
Not only in Germany, in almost the whole EU is needed (officaly) an ID for it.
Correct.it's been many years gone a requirement in Italy too.
Good old Phone cabines.
Burner phones don’t stop caller id spoofing which is the real issue, Brendon Carr, you dummy.
Yeah but it's not about that
Where exactly does one get an anonymous burner phone? Just want to make sure I don't accidentally get one before the ban.
Don’t get one from the grocery store. They are totally anonymous, so it’s something you definitely should avoid at all costs.
Especially don't pay with cash
Just want to make sure I don’t accidentally get one before the ban.
Not sure it'll help, in the event you had such an accident.
Prob is, they want to require ID for getting onto the cell network. So as soon as whatever plan you accidentally had for the dev was renewed, you'd have to send in an ID to use the cell network anymore. I guess you could still use it as a non cell service device. So there is that. Like through local wireless or w/e. Some ppl find that a-ok. But it's a big limitter.
IDK about VOIP. I thought I heard they wanted this to apply to VOIP too(??) So even using VOIP over local wireless might not work. But the VOIP industry has filed an opposition to the FCC plan.
For anyone in the USA, you can comment on the FCC docket. Be polite, brief, lay out good reasons.
The scammers may save us? Fucking timeline.
Well VOIP is used for legit purposes, for the most part. Scammers use it, which is a prob. But tons of ppl use it for home landline phones now. Small businesses use it for in store phones. W/e.
There's a big and legit industry providing VOIP to non-scam uses. IDK how much sway they will have with the FCC. But they're out there.
It's actually for all phones. Right now you can go into a store and buy a phone and get service without providing an ID. All phone lines would require government issued ID.
Fuck homeless people, I guess.
Instead of making corps police their own networks and verify caller origin, we're doing this.