New: the FCC is trying to ban burner phones by forcing all telecoms to store ID information on all new and renewing customers. That includes a government issued ID number. Massive privacy-impacting change
“We never thought that would happen here,” the ACLU says https://www.404media.co/fcc-wants-to-kill-burner-phones-by-forcing-telecoms-to-get-all-customers-ids/
Jun 9, 2026, 3:17 PM@josephcox@infosec.exchange "...and an alternate telephone number..." ???? what the fuck does that mean, you need a phone number to get a phone number???
@josephcox I am always frustrated that they are unwilling to use the obvious (and existing) solution - updating caller ID to remove spoofing.
@anyGould @josephcox
It's because 90% of phone calls are spam, and the telecoms would lose too much money if they actually worked at removing the ability to spam people.
@nosrednayduj @josephcox Not wrong, but I was banging that drum over a decade ago when I still cared about my landline. And we're already starting to see the equivalent in text chats.
@josephcox I'm surprised it has taken this long. Every crime show has some form of "they are using a burner phone we can't know who they are!"
@josephcox This is not news folks. Many jurisdictions already do this. I can't even go buy a sim card for cash for an appliance I want to install out in the south forty where I live without ID.