The Government Wants to End Anonymity on Phones
6/17/202650 min
Go to surfshark.com/404Media to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN, plus there’s a 30-day money-back guarantee—or just use code 404MEDIA at checkout! We start this week with Joseph’s story about the FCC’s wild proposal to require peoples’ government ID numbers to even get a phone plan. The FCC is doing it to curb robocalls, but also said it would be useful for a bunch of other stuff. After the break, Jason tells us all about cops abusing Flock to stalk girlfriends and other people. In the subscribers’ only section, Emanuel explains how a software update is impacting Amazon drivers. FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones By Forcing Telecoms to Get All Customers’ IDs Cops Keep Getting Arrested for Using Flock to Stalk People Software Update Automatically Turns off Amazon Delivery Drivers’ AC During Dangerous Summer Heat YouTube Version: https://youtu.be/hP53hSJSsSU Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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First 90 secondsJason Kebler· Host0:00
This is one case in one city, but as we've been reporting on Flock, we keep hearing from people in local communities around the country saying, "Oh, a police officer was fired for abusing this system. A police officer was arrested for abusing this system." And it, it kind of just keeps happening.
Joseph Cox· Host0:19
[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to the 404 Media Podcast, where we bring you unparalleled access to hidden worlds, both online and IRL. 404 Media is a journalist-founded company, and needs your support. To subscribe, go to 404media.co. As well as bonus content every single week, subscribers also get access to additional episodes where we respond to their best comments. Get access to that content at 404media.co. Also, remember to subscribe to our YouTube channel, where you can watch all of our episodes. Subscribe at youtube.com/@404mediaco. I'm your host, Joseph, and with me are 404 Media co-founders Emmanuel Maiberg- Hello ... and Jason Kebler.
Jason Kebler· Host1:07
Hi. Good morning. Well, I don't know. You might not be listening to this in the morning. Could be any time.
Joseph Cox· Host1:13
We don't really have any housekeeping, so we're just gonna jump straight into, uh, this week's stories. Jason, do you wanna take us through this, uh, first one?
Jason Kebler· Host1:21
Yeah. So, uh, this is your story. It's called "FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones by Forcing Telecoms to Get All Customer