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The FCC at some point considered requiring authentication numbers or attaching names to numbers. They ultimately rejected the idea. There were multiple reasons why they rejected it, but from talking to someone at the FCC one of the reasons they rejected connecting numbers to identities too strongly is that victims of domestic abuse may need to call their abuser (eg about child support), but do so without giving away too much information (like address).


payphone? also, can't you call as a blocked number?


The last time I saw a payphone was several months ago, that one was missing the handset and looked like it may have been in a fire.


What would stop a spammer from using those tactics too?




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