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The FCC proposes requiring ID verification for prepaid burner phones to combat robocalls, raising privacy concerns and potential harm to domestic violence survivors, journalists, and whistleblowers who rely on anonymous communication.
A WIRED news roundup covering FCC plans to restrict burner phones, Meta removing face recognition code from smart glasses, xAI's Grok hosting deepfakes, Anthropic's AI model release, CISA's new directive, and other tech and surveillance stories.
The FCC proposes requiring telecoms to collect government IDs for all phone customers, effectively banning burner phones, sparking privacy concerns from advocates like the ACLU.