Everybody hates #robocalls.
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@MissConstrue Yeah, they read Nineteen Eighty-Four as a guidebook, not as a warning. They absolutely think they want that.
What they don't realize is that it will never work. One way or another... Most likely the end result is an entire world of dead people and glowing cockroaches with 20 legs ruling over the bodies.
Not even them ruling over the ashes of it all. They can't survive in a world without us. Even if their bunkers protect them from the bombs, they can't survive in that world.
@nazokiyoubinbou I started writing a novel a few years ago about a culture 25,000 in the future, rediscovering our culture, but much akin to how we’re only now finding archeological proof of civilization pre Younger Dryas, suggesting it was climate change that created nomadic shifts away from what had been cities…for a given value of city. (Theoretically, as I understand it.)
The concept of the book was that we, our culture, were seen as nothing but myth, and the discovery of “Atlantis” (manhattan) sets off a whole chain of events. I wonder if I still have that manuscript. It was terrible, but I bet it could be rewritten to be good.
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@MissConstrue It really is amazing just how fast this country isn't sliding but full on diving straight into complete fascism now...
@nazokiyoubinbou @MissConstrue
Yes, but at least we have AI, TikTok, and reality television.
/sarcasm
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@pulpandpaper Last time I walked through a walmart, there were boxes of them on the shelf. Most in the $20-$100 range. They are not "smart phones" in many cases. They often come preinstalled sim, which can be activated by an anonymous CC or gift card purchased with cash.
I would assume any big-box or large electronic company still have bunches in stock, but I do not know how/when this regulation may change that.
@MissConstrue @pulpandpaper Of note: the proposed restrictions are on the service for the phone. That is, the FCC is proposing the telco carry out ID verification and so on before allowing the phone onto their network. Getting a disposable phone now doesn’t protect against this.
This could mildly inhibit certain types of text spam, but as you mentioned, wouldn’t affect robocalls at all.
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Everybody hates #robocalls. But, despite tech reporting being willing to give the #FCC leeway, this new measure is not to stop robocalls, it won’t do a damn thing to stop robocalls. What it does is make burner phones illegal.
Burners are an integral part of many social justice actions. Protestors use them to record #ICE and other #cops. We include them in “Go Bags” to let abused women and children escape. They allow for anonymity.
They are a thorn in the side of the panopticon, and they are moving to eliminate them.
Stock up kids.
The FCC's proposed plan to fight spam calls puts consumer privacy in jeopardy
Burner phones might become a thing of the past if the FCC has its way.
Mashable (mashable.com)
a good rule of thumb: anytime anyone in this fascist administration claims to be doing something "good" - they're not
it is simply window dressing to cover up whatever fascist agenda they are secretly pushing
Never trust #Repugs
Never trust #Cancervatives
Never trust the #Richt_wing -
@MissConstrue @pulpandpaper Of note: the proposed restrictions are on the service for the phone. That is, the FCC is proposing the telco carry out ID verification and so on before allowing the phone onto their network. Getting a disposable phone now doesn’t protect against this.
This could mildly inhibit certain types of text spam, but as you mentioned, wouldn’t affect robocalls at all.
@bob_zim @pulpandpaper
They’re trying to outlaw vpns for the same reason, even though most commercial vpns are owned by data miners or vulture capital.There is going to be a lot of money in fake ids in the future. Lots of money.
This will cause the panopticon to insist that people be chipped, ya know, for our own safety.
The bio hackers need to speed up their game, is my point.
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@nazokiyoubinbou @MissConstrue
Yes, but at least we have AI, TikTok, and reality television.
/sarcasm
That asshole who made his bank on Survivor, and then went on to do the Apprentice? That asshole has a lot to answer for.
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If I were Pope, she would be canonized. Truly one of the moral prophets of our time. I can’t even think about "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" without getting emotional.
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That asshole who made his bank on Survivor, and then went on to do the Apprentice? That asshole has a lot to answer for.
@MissConstrue @nazokiyoubinbou
Yup. And IIRC he's still diligently sitting on some tapes/outtakes from Apprentice that would embarass the hell out of Donnie.
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Everybody hates #robocalls. But, despite tech reporting being willing to give the #FCC leeway, this new measure is not to stop robocalls, it won’t do a damn thing to stop robocalls. What it does is make burner phones illegal.
Burners are an integral part of many social justice actions. Protestors use them to record #ICE and other #cops. We include them in “Go Bags” to let abused women and children escape. They allow for anonymity.
They are a thorn in the side of the panopticon, and they are moving to eliminate them.
Stock up kids.
The FCC's proposed plan to fight spam calls puts consumer privacy in jeopardy
Burner phones might become a thing of the past if the FCC has its way.
Mashable (mashable.com)
The FCC wants to do away with burner phones, using as its feeble excuse the benign goal of stopping robo calls? LOL.
Its and the Big Tech Bros surveillance war continues on all fronts.
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@MissConstrue @nazokiyoubinbou
Yup. And IIRC he's still diligently sitting on some tapes/outtakes from Apprentice that would embarass the hell out of Donnie.
Yeah...I wonder who has dirt on him.
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