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FCC plans ID mandate that could block anonymous use of prepaid burner phones
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🇦🇺𝕄𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕠𝕕𝕚𝕝𝕖We already have no anonymous imsi numbers in Australia and it did nothing to stop criminals they just use stolen sims now and everyone has no privacy.
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.
sidebroJust 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.
w3dd1eBurner phones don’t stop caller id spoofing which is the real issue, Brendon Carr, you dummy.
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.
ZerushNot only in Germany, in almost the whole EU is needed (officaly) an ID for it.
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.
UltraGiGaGiganticYour rights will be dissolved and you will get nothing in return. The scam calls must never cease.
Every single interaction of this administration with society makes society worse. It’s so bad it can seem comical if this type of bullshit catches you at the right time. These MAGAt mother fuckers have been yelling “freedom” for decades, only to embrace the erosion of privacy by the pieces of shit they elected. Unlike Doc Holiday, their hypocrisy knows no bounds.
KrustyHow about blocking all the virtual numbers that are scams and give a not in service error if you call them back
Simple. Not in service? Don’t connect the fucking call.
Carriers can do that already. They don’t want to. They get paid millions for those connections every year. They don’t give a shit about the consumer in comparison. People accept their excuses.
Carriers can also require ID to activate a burner phone already, yet here the FCC is mandating it.
Mugita SokioThey don’t even have the technology to do this. They’ve been bankrupt since 2001 from what I heard.
In fact, tyranny had bankrupted the West.
They do have the technology.
Not in the way you think. It was given to them by a group of 12 people, known as the Majestic 12. This technology was given to those part of the Non-Compete Plan, which had also been crumbling.
The reason why I say the don’t have the tech is because, technically speaking, they don’t have the money to do any of it. It’s crumbling, because the US is bankrupt. It has been since 2001.
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