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FCC Proposal Would Kill Burner Phones by Mandating ID Collection for All Telecom Customers
Key Takeaways
- FCC proposes requiring telecoms to collect government IDs and physical addresses from all new and renewing customers.
- The rule would effectively eliminate burner phones, impacting privacy-conscious individuals, domestic abuse survivors, journalists, and low-income people.
- Privacy advocates compare the measure to authoritarian countries' mandatory phone registration systems.
- The FCC cites scam prevention as the primary goal, but the data could be used for law enforcement and surveillance.
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