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FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones By Forcing Telecoms to Get All Customers’ IDs (www.404media.co)
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[–] 22 points 3 months ago* (8 children)

In the EU they just force you to shell out your identity at some point of the activation process, burner numbers are pretty much impossible to get.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago (7 children)

    It's the same in the United States. So I'm not sure how people are getting these "burners."

    I mean, people are innovative, so I'm sure there are ways; I'm just not privy to them.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    The only time I was in the US, 3ish years ago, I bought a SIM card directly at the airport and I paid it with cash without so much as giving my name.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    But were you able to activate it in the US without proof of identity? I'm not saying you didn't, just that it's pre-9/11 that I recall being able to do so, myself.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    You can still do this on a number of carriers. You can buy mint sims at Walmart/target and put in whatever info you want. Still don’t expect to have much privacy when you use it though

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago

    Interesting. I joined Mint once but they asked for all my information but ID to prove it, because I paid with my card that corroborated my information, presumably. Unfortunately, I had to get a refund because while my device was compatible, some minor detail I can't remember some years later caused it to not work with their esim.

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