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🐿️May 9

The FCC wants United States citizens to provide a valid ID to get a phone number.

I am providing multiple links to tell the whole story.

https://www.sgtreport.com/2026/05/the-fcc-wants-your-id-before-you-get-a-phone-number/

https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-26-27A1.pdf

https://www.ecomm-alliance.org/blog/a-new-era-for-caller-id-and-consent/

#telecommunicationsindustry
#telecommunications
#TelecomInfrastructure
#telecomsecurity
#TelecommunicationsServicesIndustry
#knowyourcustomer
#fcc #fccpolicy #fccchairbrendancarr
#fccthreat

The FCC Wants Your ID Before You Get a Phone Number | SGT Report

tech news ᳇ eicker.news Apr 26

#Security #researchers uncovered two #spyingcampaigns exploiting weaknesses in #telecominfrastructure to track people’s #locations. The campaigns, likely a small snapshot of widespread exploitation, involved surveillance vendors pretending to be legitimate #cellularproviders to access networks and obtain location data. https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/23/surveillance-vendors-caught-abusing-access-to-telcos-to-track-peoples-phone-locations-researchers-say/?eicker.news #tech #media #news

Surveillance vendors caught abusing access to telcos to track people's phone locations, researchers say | TechCrunch

The Citizen Lab found two separate surveillance vendors abusing the backbone of cellular networks to spy on several victims across the world.

TechCrunch

TechNadu Jan 15

Verizon confirmed a nationwide wireless service disruption that temporarily limited affected devices to SOS-only functionality. Service has since been restored, though no root cause has been disclosed.

While not a security incident, outages at this scale are relevant to:
- Availability and resilience planning
- Dependency risks in mobile infrastructure
- Business continuity considerations

How do organizations factor large-carrier outages into resilience planning?

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/mobile/verizon-wireless-outage-puts-phones-in-sos-mode-without-cell-service/

Follow @technadu for grounded reporting on availability, reliability, and digital infrastructure.

#Availability #Resilience #TelecomInfrastructure #OperationalRisk #TechNadu