Lawmakers in California have proposed a new bill that would force prepaid “burner phone” retailers to record and verify the personal identification of buyers upon purchase of prepaid phones or similar mobile devices. The same prepaid phones were utilized in the terrorist attacks in Paris late last year. The proposed bill aims to make life harder for terrorists, human traffickers, drug dealers, and other criminals who have nefarious reasons for using easily disposable phones. The bill will not eliminate the existence of burner phones, but it would put a limitation on bulk buying of these prepaid devices by terrorists.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2016/03/prepaidp-burner-phone.html