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Posted by berlianta 6 days ago

FCC wants to kill burner phones by forcing telecoms to get all customers' IDs(www.404media.co)
https://archive.is/ZobUQ
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know-how 5 days ago|
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jewdus 5 days ago||
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onetokeoverthe 5 days ago||
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sonorous_sub 6 days ago||
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Terr_ 6 days ago|
I want to believe this is just a Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy reference [0]... but I fear that might be too-optimistic.

[0] The profession of Telephone Sanitiser on planet Golgafrincham.

bebeidjdkrjrjr 6 days ago||
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StepBroBD 6 days ago||
US of A’s Chinafication letsgooooooo
josefritzishere 6 days ago||
Seems like classic regulatory overreach.
2OEH8eoCRo0 6 days ago|
Good. Telecoms should have a duty to know who uses their networks.
tclancy 5 days ago||
Let’s have your name and address then, citizen. Posters have a right to know who is commenting.
nancyminusone 5 days ago||
The person using the network is the one who put a quarter in the payphone.
dredmorbius 5 days ago||
Payphones are rather seldom seen these days, friend.

Not to disagree with the principle, but it's somewhat opaque as to what your point is.

I've hazy memories as well of reports that payphones were being more surveilled (a camera placed nearby, for example), or tapped / monitored more than other phones, particularly if in areas with other known issues. Nothing that's turning up in DDG searches though...