• PopMyCop@iusearchlinux.fyi
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    5 months ago

    It’s not quite as mandatory as it can get. The FCC has made rumbles about actually kicking carriers off the networks if they don’t adhere to the shaken/stirred protocols, but never seems to get around to actually doing it.

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      5 months ago

      I think they mean that a phone number is required for many official things.

      • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works
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        5 months ago

        Yeah I don’t think it’s actually illegal yet for a citizen to not have a phone number but try to get a job, go to school, pay your bills or be anything other than a wood chopping hermit without one. I’m a hermit but I heat my home with natural gas so I’m all but required to have a phone.