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FCC wants to kill burner phones by forcing telecoms to get all customers' IDs

Article URL: https://www.404media.co/fcc-wants-to-kill-burner-phones-by-forcing-telecoms-to-get-all-customers-ids/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48462308 Points: 317 # Comments: 209

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June 13, 20261 min read
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The FCC wants to legally force telecoms to collect new and renewing customers’ government issued identity number and physical address, impacting everyone from the privacy-conscious to domestic abuse survivors. “We never thought that would happen here.”


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