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Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, May 15, 2026

Five highlights from this week: The #DHS Is Using Google to Spy on People Who Criticize #ICE Even Outside the US; No, Grandma, Brad Pitt Isn't Pitching Medicare on Facebook; Trump Says He Discussed ‘Standard’ AI Safety Guardrails With Xi. There’s No Such Thing Maybe there should be; #FCC Attempts to Solve #Robocalls Problem by Potentially Creating Even Bigger Privacy Problem; and FCC Attempts to Solve Robocall Problem by Potentially Creating Even Bigger Privacy

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https://www.llrx.com/2026/05/pete-recommends-weekly-highlights-on-cyber-security-issues-may-15-2026/

Gizmodo: FCC Attempts to Solve Robocall Problem by Potentially Creating Even Bigger Privacy Problem. “Among other sweeping changes, the era of the burner phone could end with the rollout of new ‘Know Your Customer’ rules voted on by the FCC on April 30, as noted by the blog of the D.C. telecom law firm Wiley Rein. Customers would, according to the proposed rules, have to present a government […]

Everybody hates #robocalls. But, despite tech reporting being willing to give the #FCC leeway, this new measure is not to stop robocalls, it won’t do a damn thing to stop robocalls. What it does is make burner phones illegal.

Burners are an integral part of many social justice actions. Protestors use them to record #ICE and other #cops. We include them in “Go Bags” to let abused women and children escape. They allow for anonymity.

They are a thorn in the side of the panopticon, and they are moving to eliminate them.

Stock up kids.

https://gizmodo.com/fcc-attempts-to-solve-robocall-problem-by-potentially-creating-even-bigger-privacy-problem-2000756762

https://www.wiley.law/alert-FCC-Proposes-Stronger-Know-Your-Customer-Rules-Will-Consider-Know-Your-Upstream-Provider-Rulemaking-at-May-20-Meeting

https://mashable.com/article/fcc-proposes-to-battle-spam-calls-at-the-expense-of-privacy-protections

#burnerPhone #anon #infosec #privacy #palantir #gop #sjw

The #FCC Wants Your #ID Before You Get a #PhoneNumber

The era of the #anonymous phone number could be ending…FCC unanimously approved a proposal requiring telecom providers to verify customers’ identities before activating service

Gov-issued ID, physical address, legal name, & existing phone numbers would all be included. The stated goal is stopping #robocalls. The result would be an ID-verification regime covering one of the last semi-anonymous #communication tools

https://reclaimthenet.org/the-fcc-wants-your-id-before-you-get-a-phone-number

Thank you for donating, Travis! I, Barack Obama, personally pledge to send you spam texts and emails for the next 20 years.

#spam #donations #politics #robocalls