In June 2026, Cape submitted a formal comment to the FCC opposing a proposed rule, aimed at stopping spammers, that would require a government-issued ID and physical address for every phone line in the United States.
Our position
We hate robocalls and support eliminating them, but entrusting telecom carriers to effectively create and run a nationwide ID registry for every American with a phone is not the solution. Mobile carriers have been breached time and again because the incentives to secure trillions of dollars of legacy architecture aren’t there. Further enriching compromised telecom datasets with government ID, physical addresses, and alternate phone numbers harms our security rather than improving it.
We previously met with the FCC team overseeing this rule. As required, we filed ex parte disclosures so the public and opposing parties can see what was discussed.
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