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If the FCC Bans Burner Phones, It Could Be a Privacy Nightmare (www.cnet.com)
submitted 11 hours ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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[โ€“] hirihit640@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

CMV burner phones were always questionable in their privacy. How do you know the anonymous seller of your burner phone, isn't the government in disguise?

[โ€“] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 hour ago

??? Isn't a burner phone just an ordinary phone you can buy at all of the same places? Who of us is confused about terminology?