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The FCC's proposed plan to fight spam calls puts consumer privacy in jeopardy

Mashable·Phil Clark·23 days ago
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Sick and tired of having your day disrupted by robocalls? You're not alone, and the FCC is taking notice. In press releases from the past month, the FCC said that preventing illegal spam calls has become its " top consumer protection priority ," while FCC chairman Brendan Carr vowed to " bring meaningful robocall relief to consumers ."  Unfortunately, their approach might be so broad, so badly focused, that it will create new privacy concerns, destroy so-called "burner" phones, and place an extra burden on consumers. Or in the words of Gizmodo's Mike Pearl, " the FCC's cure might be worse than the disease ." One proposed change, known as the "Know Your Customer" rules, would require businesses to collect a government ID, a physical address, and the customer's full legal name, instead of just their phone number, to initiate phone contact. This proposed change might serve to stop robocalls, but it would also effectively end the concept of consumer privacy.…

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