rob 🇵🇷5d ago
If the FCC Bans Burner Phones, It Could Be a Privacy Nightmare — via CNET
https://www.cnet.com/news/privacy/if-the-fcc-bans-burner-phones-it-could-be-a-privacy-nightmare/
#privacy #anonimity #burnerphones #Telcos #telecom #kyc #Surveillance
If the FCC Bans Burner Phones, It Could Be a Privacy Nightmare

Proposed rules would require every mobile customer to provide a government ID. Experts warn the move could effectively end anonymous phone service in the US.

CNET
panuJun 12

I just learned that the last telco still operating a commercial landline service here in 🇫🇮 will decommission the network on the 30th of June. It marks the end of 140 years of landline telephone in 🇫🇮.

#telco #telcos #landline #landlines #telephone

PickrMay 21
Your phone may well be fast and 5G, but the next network standard is on the way, and it will come with AI baked in, as Telstra talks up what's to come. https://www.pickr.com.au/news/2026/telstra-ericsson-team-for-6g-research #news #phones #telcos #6g #ai #ericsson #telstra
PickrMay 18
iPhone and Android customers should be able to talk in a messaging system not unlike Apple Messages, complete with security for their texts. So where is RCS in Australia? https://www.pickr.com.au/qa/2026/end-to-end-encryption-coming-for-rcs-so-where-is-rcs-in-australia #phones #qa #telcos #bigfeature #mobilesecurity #optus #telstra #texting #vodafone
PickrMay 12
The amount you pay for internet access could see a little price rise from the middle of the year, as NBN Co looks at the CPI, and pushes things up a little. https://www.pickr.com.au/news/2026/nbn-prices-set-to-go-up-with-everything-else #news #online #telcos #broadband #nbn
N-gated Hacker NewsApr 23
🚨 Oh no, surprise surprise! Shady #surveillance #vendors got caught red-handed playing Big Brother with telcos! 📱 Meanwhile, #TechCrunch is more interested in selling #overpriced event tickets like it’s some kind of tech-themed Disneyland. 🎟️✨
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/23/surveillance-vendors-caught-abusing-access-to-telcos-to-track-peoples-phone-locations-researchers-say/ #telcos #BigBrother #eventtickets #HackerNews #ngated
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
Hacker NewsApr 23

Surveillance vendors caught abusing access to telcos to track people's locations

https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/23/surveillance-vendors-caught-abusing-access-to-telcos-to-track-peoples-phone-locations-researchers-say/

#HackerNews #surveillance #privacy #telcos #locationtracking #dataabuse #cybersecurity

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
PickrApr 9
Mobile reception is patchy in places, but electricity towers could end up giving Australia's biggest telco a bit of a hand thanks to some welcome additions. https://www.pickr.com.au/news/2026/transgrid-to-give-telstra-a-boost-in-rural-australia #news #phones #telcos #energy #telstra #transgrid
PickrApr 5
There's no rest for the wicked, and no safe haven for those who want to save, at least not with the big mobile players, as two of Australia's biggest telcos follow the other big player. https://www.pickr.com.au/news/2026/optus-vodafone-follow-suit-with-mobile-price-increases #news #phones #telcos #optus #vodafone
PickrMar 31
The verdict is in: the government's communications authority is forcing telcos to change how it shows mobile coverage on maps. Not everyone is happy. https://www.pickr.com.au/news/2026/acma-set-to-change-how-coverage-maps-work #news #phones #telcos #acma #government #optus #telstra #tpg #vodafone