Proposed rules would require every mobile customer to provide a government ID. Experts warn the move could effectively end anonymous phone service in the US.
  • MrJameGumb@lemmy.world
    50·
    12 days ago

    Most spam and robocalling are not done from burner phones they are done through websites of which the FCC is fully aware. This seems like it’s more about monitoring people’s activities and preventing anyone without a Real ID from even getting a crappy burner phone.

      • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        12 days ago

        They’re a low cost way of building out robo-call infrastructure. But this does nothing to prevent malicious actors from getting their hands on cheap hardware.

        • JasonDJ@lemmy.zip
          10·
          11 days ago

          Yep. Just another means to control the populace and extract more money out of them.

          Look at programs like MethCheck, putting pseudoephedrine products behind the counter and putting a limit on purchasing…requiring ID to purchase.

          So now we’ve got:

          • A limit on how much Sudafed we can buy (without a prescription, which is it’s own level of bullshit because now you gotta see a doctor)
          • A requirement to have valid state-issued ID to purchase medicine.
          • Phenylephrine, a glorified placebo, taking over all cold medicine.
          • Poor people can’t steal medicine (I see this as a con)
          • Smurfs.
          • Just as much meth.