If the FCC Bans Burner Phones, It Could Be a Privacy Nightmare (cnet.com)

Could be? Isn't that the whole point?

I would think a review of the situation worldwide was justified, since almost all other economies in the G<n> space require government issued ID to have a SIM and an IMEI bound together.

So, what IS the massive privacy invasion at scale going on worldwide, in the non-US mobile market?

Honestly, who the heck uses a burner phone if you really need to be anonymous? That's like 1990's tv show stuff

Other than in movies I’ve never seen anyone use a burner phone, ever.