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  1. More on the FCC's proposal to require ID for phone service. Looks like we might get a break and be able to keep data-only service. That means no voice phone service, maybe only no outgoing voice phone service. It is trival to set the network to allow these SIMs to be used in phones, and if not, a portable wifi hotspot used as your only internet connection can be less than half the size of your phone

    Here's probably the most relevent text:
    "
    Federal Communications Commission (.gov)docs.fcc.gov › public › attachments › FCC-26-27A1.pdf
    Federal Communications Commission FCC 26-27

    May 1, 2026 ... The KYC measures we discuss apply only to originating voice service providers (“originating providers”). 2 See 47 CFR § 64.1200(n)(4). In ...
    "

    This implies that a provider who does not offer voice phone at all could legally sell no-ID SIM cards for data-only service. Example: if Wal-Mart wants to sell data-only wifi hotspots (keep selling their cellular "home internet" devices) without dealing with ID, all they have to do is split their Verizon reseller "straight talk" into "straight talk" and "straight data" with the latter not requiring ID but also not offering voice calling.

    #FCC #KYC #ID #censorship #privacy

  2. More on the FCC's proposal to require ID for phone service. Looks like we might get a break and be able to keep data-only service. That means no voice phone service, maybe only no outgoing voice phone service. It is trival to set the network to allow these SIMs to be used in phones, and if not, a portable wifi hotspot used as your only internet connection can be less than half the size of your phone

    Here's probably the most relevent text:
    "
    Federal Communications Commission (.gov)docs.fcc.gov › public › attachments › FCC-26-27A1.pdf
    Federal Communications Commission FCC 26-27

    May 1, 2026 ... The KYC measures we discuss apply only to originating voice service providers (“originating providers”). 2 See 47 CFR § 64.1200(n)(4). In ...
    "

    This implies that a provider who does not offer voice phone at all could legally sell no-ID SIM cards for data-only service. Example: if Wal-Mart wants to sell data-only wifi hotspots (keep selling their cellular "home internet" devices) without dealing with ID, all they have to do is split their Verizon reseller "straight talk" into "straight talk" and "straight data" with the latter not requiring ID but also not offering voice calling.

    #FCC #KYC #ID #censorship #privacy

  3. More on the FCC's proposal to require ID for phone service. Looks like we might get a break and be able to keep data-only service. That means no voice phone service, maybe only no outgoing voice phone service. It is trival to set the network to allow these SIMs to be used in phones, and if not, a portable wifi hotspot used as your only internet connection can be less than half the size of your phone

    Here's probably the most relevent text:
    "
    Federal Communications Commission (.gov)docs.fcc.gov › public › attachments › FCC-26-27A1.pdf
    Federal Communications Commission FCC 26-27

    May 1, 2026 ... The KYC measures we discuss apply only to originating voice service providers (“originating providers”). 2 See 47 CFR § 64.1200(n)(4). In ...
    "

    This implies that a provider who does not offer voice phone at all could legally sell no-ID SIM cards for data-only service. Example: if Wal-Mart wants to sell data-only wifi hotspots (keep selling their cellular "home internet" devices) without dealing with ID, all they have to do is split their Verizon reseller "straight talk" into "straight talk" and "straight data" with the latter not requiring ID but also not offering voice calling.

    #FCC #KYC #ID #censorship #privacy

  4. More on the FCC's proposal to require ID for phone service. Looks like we might get a break and be able to keep data-only service. That means no voice phone service, maybe only no outgoing voice phone service. It is trival to set the network to allow these SIMs to be used in phones, and if not, a portable wifi hotspot used as your only internet connection can be less than half the size of your phone

    Here's probably the most relevent text:
    "
    Federal Communications Commission (.gov)docs.fcc.gov › public › attachments › FCC-26-27A1.pdf
    Federal Communications Commission FCC 26-27

    May 1, 2026 ... The KYC measures we discuss apply only to originating voice service providers (“originating providers”). 2 See 47 CFR § 64.1200(n)(4). In ...
    "

    This implies that a provider who does not offer voice phone at all could legally sell no-ID SIM cards for data-only service. Example: if Wal-Mart wants to sell data-only wifi hotspots (keep selling their cellular "home internet" devices) without dealing with ID, all they have to do is split their Verizon reseller "straight talk" into "straight talk" and "straight data" with the latter not requiring ID but also not offering voice calling.

    #FCC #KYC #ID #censorship #privacy

  5. More on the FCC's proposal to require ID for phone service. Looks like we might get a break and be able to keep data-only service. That means no voice phone service, maybe only no outgoing voice phone service. It is trival to set the network to allow these SIMs to be used in phones, and if not, a portable wifi hotspot used as your only internet connection can be less than half the size of your phone

    Here's probably the most relevent text:
    "
    Federal Communications Commission (.gov)docs.fcc.gov › public › attachments › FCC-26-27A1.pdf
    Federal Communications Commission FCC 26-27

    May 1, 2026 ... The KYC measures we discuss apply only to originating voice service providers (“originating providers”). 2 See 47 CFR § 64.1200(n)(4). In ...
    "

    This implies that a provider who does not offer voice phone at all could legally sell no-ID SIM cards for data-only service. Example: if Wal-Mart wants to sell data-only wifi hotspots (keep selling their cellular "home internet" devices) without dealing with ID, all they have to do is split their Verizon reseller "straight talk" into "straight talk" and "straight data" with the latter not requiring ID but also not offering voice calling.

    #FCC #KYC #ID #censorship #privacy

  6. Phone privacy WARNING: Supposedly to control telemarketing calls, the FCC is considering requiring ID, a verified address, a prior phone number, and a police background check to get a phone number.

    Hopefully the 3ed party reseller prepaid vendors who do not require ID would respond by selling data-only plans and setting them up not to use SMS and thus not to require a phone number at all.

    Signal could then respond to this by allowing new accounts to be activated without a phone number. A phone number is needed to make voice calls. It is not needed to use Signal except at setup at this time and there are other encrypted messenger systems that don't use phone numbers at all. The web doesn't need a phone number for sites not demanding any form of verification or not using a login. For 15 years I used the Internet without phone service, I may well be going back to that.

    If the ID requirement passes, I will probably NOT be keeping phone service unless I can get a foreign country SIM and use it in roaming mode.

    Hopefully a year or two would pass before they realize making this work requires also having coffeeshops, libraries, universities, stores etc demand ID to use the wifi.

    This garbage is on top of the age verification crap and Google's plans to integrate Play Integrity checking into recaptha.

    The FCC needs to remember that most telemarketing alls are already illegal and do NOT originate inside the US. If they do, it would require a data link from a boiler room in another country to a business class landline here

    #ID #privacy

  7. If you weren't already disgusted enough with so many of our fellow citizens, here is information on the $3million people have bet on the hantarvirus outbreak.

    There is simply no bottom to our society.

    #ID #Virus #Betting

    motherjones.com/politics/2026/

  8. If you weren't already disgusted enough with so many of our fellow citizens, here is information on the $3million people have bet on the hantarvirus outbreak.

    There is simply no bottom to our society.

    #ID #Virus #Betting

    motherjones.com/politics/2026/

  9. If you weren't already disgusted enough with so many of our fellow citizens, here is information on the $3million people have bet on the hantarvirus outbreak.

    There is simply no bottom to our society.

    #ID #Virus #Betting

    motherjones.com/politics/2026/

  10. If you weren't already disgusted enough with so many of our fellow citizens, here is information on the $3million people have bet on the hantarvirus outbreak.

    There is simply no bottom to our society.

    #ID #Virus #Betting

    motherjones.com/politics/2026/

  11. If you weren't already disgusted enough with so many of our fellow citizens, here is information on the $3million people have bet on the hantarvirus outbreak.

    There is simply no bottom to our society.

    #ID #Virus #Betting

    motherjones.com/politics/2026/

  12. A new blog (on Substack, yes I know) from a set of physicians, researchers and others about the real scientific situations we find ourselves in.

    @drjudystone is one of the contributors and there will be others as well.

    If you can, perhaps you could subscribe, or at least read. We need to be able to counteract all the nonsense out there.

    boostershot.substack.com

    #ID #PublicHealth

  13. UUIDv7 takes the best of two worlds for distributed systems: auto-incrementing ID and UUIDv4. It keeps page splits and fragmentation out of primary key index, while also maintaining cryptographically secure randomness to prevent insecure direct object reference. (This obsoletes UUIDv4, which only tends to bloat every index and cost more with each write operation.)

    youtube.com/watch?v=JbdvmQ_HgJo

    #UUID #UUIDv7 #UUID7 #UUIDv4 #UUID4 #AutoIncrement #ID #database #databases

  14. UUIDv7 takes the best of two worlds for distributed systems: auto-incrementing ID and UUIDv4. It keeps page splits and fragmentation out of primary key index, while also maintaining cryptographically secure randomness to prevent insecure direct object reference. (This obsoletes UUIDv4, which only tends to bloat every index and cost more with each write operation.)

    youtube.com/watch?v=JbdvmQ_HgJo

    #UUID #UUIDv7 #UUID7 #UUIDv4 #UUID4 #AutoIncrement #ID #database #databases

  15. UUIDv7 takes the best of two worlds for distributed systems: auto-incrementing ID and UUIDv4. It keeps page splits and fragmentation out of primary key index, while also maintaining cryptographically secure randomness to prevent insecure direct object reference. (This obsoletes UUIDv4, which only tends to bloat every index and cost more with each write operation.)

    youtube.com/watch?v=JbdvmQ_HgJo

    #UUID #UUIDv7 #UUID7 #UUIDv4 #UUID4 #AutoIncrement #ID #database #databases

  16. UUIDv7 takes the best of two worlds for distributed systems: auto-incrementing ID and UUIDv4. It keeps page splits and fragmentation out of primary key index, while also maintaining cryptographically secure randomness to prevent insecure direct object reference. (This obsoletes UUIDv4, which only tends to bloat every index and cost more with each write operation.)

    youtube.com/watch?v=JbdvmQ_HgJo

    #UUID #UUIDv7 #UUID7 #UUIDv4 #UUID4 #AutoIncrement #ID #database #databases

  17. UUIDv7 takes the best of two worlds for distributed systems: auto-incrementing ID and UUIDv4. It keeps page splits and fragmentation out of primary key index, while also maintaining cryptographically secure randomness to prevent insecure direct object reference. (This obsoletes UUIDv4, which only tends to bloat every index and cost more with each write operation.)

    youtube.com/watch?v=JbdvmQ_HgJo

  18. The #FCC Wants Your #ID Before You Get a #PhoneNumber

    The era of the #anonymous phone number could be ending…FCC unanimously approved a proposal requiring telecom providers to verify customers’ identities before activating service

    Gov-issued ID, physical address, legal name, & existing phone numbers would all be included. The stated goal is stopping #robocalls. The result would be an ID-verification regime covering one of the last semi-anonymous #communication tools

    reclaimthenet.org/the-fcc-want

  19. The #FCC Wants Your #ID Before You Get a #PhoneNumber

    The era of the #anonymous phone number could be ending…FCC unanimously approved a proposal requiring telecom providers to verify customers’ identities before activating service

    Gov-issued ID, physical address, legal name, & existing phone numbers would all be included. The stated goal is stopping #robocalls. The result would be an ID-verification regime covering one of the last semi-anonymous #communication tools

    reclaimthenet.org/the-fcc-want

  20. The #FCC Wants Your #ID Before You Get a #PhoneNumber

    The era of the #anonymous phone number could be ending…FCC unanimously approved a proposal requiring telecom providers to verify customers’ identities before activating service

    Gov-issued ID, physical address, legal name, & existing phone numbers would all be included. The stated goal is stopping #robocalls. The result would be an ID-verification regime covering one of the last semi-anonymous #communication tools

    reclaimthenet.org/the-fcc-want

  21. The Wants Your Before You Get a

    The era of the phone number could be ending…FCC unanimously approved a proposal requiring telecom providers to verify customers’ identities before activating service

    Gov-issued ID, physical address, legal name, & existing phone numbers would all be included. The stated goal is stopping . The result would be an ID-verification regime covering one of the last semi-anonymous tools

    reclaimthenet.org/the-fcc-want

  22. The #FCC Wants Your #ID Before You Get a #PhoneNumber

    The era of the #anonymous phone number could be ending…FCC unanimously approved a proposal requiring telecom providers to verify customers’ identities before activating service

    Gov-issued ID, physical address, legal name, & existing phone numbers would all be included. The stated goal is stopping #robocalls. The result would be an ID-verification regime covering one of the last semi-anonymous #communication tools

    reclaimthenet.org/the-fcc-want

  23. OpenAI now enables marketing cookies by default for free ChatGPT users, expanding off-platform ad tracking via IDs and cookies.
    The policy says chats stay private, but @WIRED found free accounts auto-opted into ad measurement while paid tiers were not. 🔍

    🔗 wired.com/story/openai-enables

    #TechNews #OpenAI #ChatGPT #Privacy #Cookies #AdTech #Tracking #FOSS #OpenSource #DataRights #Cybersecurity #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Transparency #DigitalRights #Infosec #Wired #ID

  24. Akku leer? #Toyota Kombi & eure Kommentare zum #ID. #Polo! #dieKilometerfresser

    #Toyota bringt den #bZ4X #Touring und damit den #Elektro #Kombi mit dem größten Kofferraum, außerdem haben wir eure Kommentare zum #ID. #Polo gelesen und wir sprechen über die aktuellen Reisen, Probleme und unsere Sicht auf den Ausbau der #Infrastruktur!

    #Kilometerfresser
    @dieKilometerfresser

    youtube.com/watch?v=lwGmewtIgXU

  25. Akku leer? #Toyota Kombi & eure Kommentare zum #ID. #Polo! #dieKilometerfresser

    #Toyota bringt den #bZ4X #Touring und damit den #Elektro #Kombi mit dem größten Kofferraum, außerdem haben wir eure Kommentare zum #ID. #Polo gelesen und wir sprechen über die aktuellen Reisen, Probleme und unsere Sicht auf den Ausbau der #Infrastruktur!

    #Kilometerfresser
    @dieKilometerfresser

    youtube.com/watch?v=lwGmewtIgXU

  26. Akku leer? #Toyota Kombi & eure Kommentare zum #ID. #Polo! #dieKilometerfresser

    #Toyota bringt den #bZ4X #Touring und damit den #Elektro #Kombi mit dem größten Kofferraum, außerdem haben wir eure Kommentare zum #ID. #Polo gelesen und wir sprechen über die aktuellen Reisen, Probleme und unsere Sicht auf den Ausbau der #Infrastruktur!

    #Kilometerfresser
    @dieKilometerfresser

    youtube.com/watch?v=lwGmewtIgXU

  27. Akku leer? #Toyota Kombi & eure Kommentare zum #ID. #Polo! #dieKilometerfresser

    #Toyota bringt den #bZ4X #Touring und damit den #Elektro #Kombi mit dem größten Kofferraum, außerdem haben wir eure Kommentare zum #ID. #Polo gelesen und wir sprechen über die aktuellen Reisen, Probleme und unsere Sicht auf den Ausbau der #Infrastruktur!

    #Kilometerfresser
    @dieKilometerfresser

    youtube.com/watch?v=lwGmewtIgXU

  28. Akku leer? #Toyota Kombi & eure Kommentare zum #ID. #Polo! #dieKilometerfresser

    #Toyota bringt den #bZ4X #Touring und damit den #Elektro #Kombi mit dem größten Kofferraum, außerdem haben wir eure Kommentare zum #ID. #Polo gelesen und wir sprechen über die aktuellen Reisen, Probleme und unsere Sicht auf den Ausbau der #Infrastruktur!

    #Kilometerfresser
    @dieKilometerfresser

    youtube.com/watch?v=lwGmewtIgXU

  29. On my phone, while using Google Contacts app to enter someone's new telephone number, I chose this country code:
    🇨🇦 Canada

    After saving the edit, the app has changed the flag beside the country code:
    🇺🇸 Uni.ted Sta.tes

    That's a rather tone-deaf change of data that I intentionally entered, since Canada is pointedly not part of the Unit.ed S.tates.

    Coding decisions can be political and offensive.

    #fail #UserExperience #UX #InterfaceDesign #ID #InteractionDesign #IxD #politics #poli #Canada

  30. On my phone, while using Google Contacts app to enter someone's new telephone number, I chose this country code:
    🇨🇦 Canada

    After saving the edit, the app has changed the flag beside the country code:
    🇺🇸 Uni.ted Sta.tes

    That's a rather tone-deaf change of data that I intentionally entered, since Canada is pointedly not part of the Unit.ed S.tates.

    Coding decisions can be political and offensive.

    #fail #UserExperience #UX #InterfaceDesign #ID #InteractionDesign #IxD #politics #poli #Canada

  31. On my phone, while using Google Contacts app to enter someone's new telephone number, I chose this country code:
    🇨🇦 Canada

    After saving the edit, the app has changed the flag beside the country code:
    🇺🇸 Uni.ted Sta.tes

    That's a rather tone-deaf change of data that I intentionally entered, since Canada is pointedly not part of the Unit.ed S.tates.

    Coding decisions can be political and offensive.

    #fail #UserExperience #UX #InterfaceDesign #ID #InteractionDesign #IxD #politics #poli #Canada

  32. On my phone, while using Google Contacts app to enter someone's new telephone number, I chose this country code:
    🇨🇦 Canada

    After saving the edit, the app has changed the flag beside the country code:
    🇺🇸 Uni.ted Sta.tes

    That's a rather tone-deaf change of data that I intentionally entered, since Canada is pointedly not part of the Unit.ed S.tates.

    Coding decisions can be political and offensive.

    #fail #UserExperience #UX #InterfaceDesign #ID #InteractionDesign #IxD #politics #poli #Canada

  33. On my phone, while using Google Contacts app to enter someone's new telephone number, I chose this country code:
    🇨🇦 Canada

    After saving the edit, the app has changed the flag beside the country code:
    🇺🇸 Uni.ted Sta.tes

    That's a rather tone-deaf change of data that I intentionally entered, since Canada is pointedly not part of the Unit.ed S.tates.

    Coding decisions can be political and offensive.

    #fail #UserExperience #UX #InterfaceDesign #ID #InteractionDesign #IxD #politics #poli #Canada