Re:FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones by Forcing Telecoms to Ge...
by trumpdong on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @09:39PM
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There are phone farms that exclusively use burner phones and do not need to spoof caller ID.
Re:FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones by Forcing Telecoms to Ge...
by thaumasiotes on Wednesday June 10, 2026 @01:59AM
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Let's recall the claim here:
>>> I think in general the ability to spoof numbers should be banned / controlled. Someone from India should not be allowed to call me with a caller ID from Mayo Clinic.
>> This has absolutely nothing to do with burner phones and the proposed changes won't do anything to change that.
> That is not correct. There a phone farms operating purely on burner phones
This is total nonsense. A phone farm that doesn't spoof caller ID isn't presenting false caller ID.
A burner phone is a phone number whose owner is not officially registered somewhere as the owner.
A spoofed phone number is a false declaration that you're calling from number XXXXXXXXXX when in fact you're calling from YYYYYYYYYY.
You might notice that there is absolutely no relationship between these two ideas. You can be registered and lie about your phone number. You can be unregistered and not lie about your phone number.