The FCC wants to make it impossible to buy "burner" phones, such as pre-paid phones not linked to your identity. They plan to do this by forcing all companies to store a ton of data about ALL phone users, including Copy of ID, and Verified address and a ton more info for both new & existing phone users, regardless of company or phone.

FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones By Forcing Telecoms to Get All Customersā IDs
The FCC wants to legally force telecoms to collect new and renewing customersā government issued identity number and physical address, impacting everyone from the privacy-conscious to domestic abuse survivors. āWe never thought that would happen here.ā



