We’ve talked a lot about how Americans have somehow accepted the fact that our voice networks are now saturated with scammers, fraudsters, and robocallers (no, that’s not something that happens in well run, functionally regulated countries). I’ve also explained for years how the U.S. government solutions to the problems are usually ineffective because they’re endlessly…

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    4 days ago

    So you’d need an ID to buy a phone to stop scammers even though the scammers live in countries that don’t have that restriction and can keep doing things exactly the same. What’s next? I’ll need an ID to put gas in my car so they can stop illegal immigrants from driving?