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How does this work? I thought the gov't required identifying information to be gathered when selling a cellular phone?

What are the regulations?

If the gov't wants to track down the owner of a phone, what do you do? Just say that you don't have that information?



Correct -- we literally keep no information here, so it's impossible for us to give information away.


OK, but I wonder, are you breaking any laws?

I see two possible outcomes of this business model:

1. The gov't catches wind, demands you keep proper records and you say "no" so they shut you down. 2. The gov't comes to you asking for identifying information for a customer, you say "no" and they shut you down.

I honestly don't know that much about it, so I can't claim that these two are the only possible outcomes.

Can you provide more details? What are the regulations? Do you have a plan if the gov't comes knocking?


But we have to take your word for that, right? How do we know you're not a front for an NSA sting operation? (Feel free to treat that as a rhetorical question :-)




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