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9. This will destroy pay as you go phone options for millions of americans who don't want to be tied to a contract. nt

Tue Jun 9, 2026, 03:37 PM

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FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones By Forcing Telecoms to Get All Customers' IDs [View all] highplainsdem 8 hrs ago OP

They can't even regulate the old wireline/VOIP lines mdbl 7 hrs ago #2

They want to track us 24/7/365. WestMichRad 7 hrs ago #3

Technofascism Is Coming 2na fisherman 7 hrs ago #8

I get why this is controversial genxlib 7 hrs ago #4

Agreed. The Madcap 7 hrs ago #5

Freedom is scary, isn't it. ret5hd 23 min ago #23

Yes, they are often used for nefarious purposes Jilly_in_VA 7 hrs ago #6

Republicans never cared for privacy of the public dave99 7 hrs ago #7

See, this is the part I don't understand.. Karma13612 5 hrs ago #15

Yours is not a burner phone SpankMe 1 hr ago #18

Taken to its logical end, just track everyone always. OC375 6 hrs ago #10

Track everyone, always? WestMichRad 5 hrs ago #12

Exactly OC375 4 hrs ago #16

But that will mess up all the cop shows on TV. DavidDvorkin 5 hrs ago #11

Once again, the Party of Liberty and Small Government dalton99a 5 hrs ago #14

Scared shitless of the coming protests orangecrush 3 hrs ago #17

Now do crypto! purr-rat beauty 1 hr ago #19

That's just great. A new market for identity thieves... hunter 21 min ago #24