FCC passed an anti-robocall proposal requiring telecoms, including VoIP providers, to verify user identities before activating service
The FCC Wants Your ID Before You Get a Phone Number
The FCC just proposed fixing your robocall problem by building the kind of phone-user registry that privacy advocates have spent decades trying to prevent.Ken Macon (Reclaim the Net)
SnausagesinaBlanket
in reply to Innerworld • • •queermunist she/her
in reply to Innerworld • • •FineCoatMummy
in reply to queermunist she/her • • •IDK (prob?), but more and more of the privacy structures I set up for myself are being torn down like that.
I once set up a private VOIP. I hardly ever used it. I paid on time, every month for like 4 years. Prob made like 1 call a month avg to a local biz or w/e. Suddenly one day, company demands my ID. I wouldn't give it. Service terminated. I never used it for anything bad. Not once. That never even crossed my mind. I just did not want my call history scraped and sold to data brokers.
I hate this. My ability to escape the mass surveilence is crumbling.
muusemuuse
in reply to FineCoatMummy • • •phreeli.com/faq
Frequently Asked Questions | Phreeli
PhreeliFineCoatMummy
in reply to muusemuuse • • •Oh, thanks! I never even heard of them.
I will invstigate. Sounds kinda promising from my skim of the site.
ScoffingLizard
in reply to FineCoatMummy • • •FineCoatMummy
in reply to ScoffingLizard • • •That's such a good way to put it. Captures my feeling perfectly.
It's so demoralising. Like trying to hold back the tide.
swelter_spark
in reply to Innerworld • • •solrize
in reply to Innerworld • • •NotFrenchJack
in reply to solrize • • •Nothing was ever really about "le evil pedophiles" or "protecting children" either. Yet, using that excuse seems to work wonders with the gullible masses, including many people here, I would imagine.
Mikelius
in reply to Innerworld • • •Once again punishing the users abiding by the law, while rewarding the criminals. What's new.
Now wondering what will happen with my 2 Mint Mobile numbers I've had for 3-4 years, without making a single phone call. I only use them for internet access.
racoon
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