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I did a little bit of Google searching. I really don't care about such things coming up in my search history, and I'm known for baiting these invasions of privacy on general principle...freedom of speech and all that.

That said, it does appear that it's Wal-Mart policy and has been for some time. Other stores (Best Buy) reserve the right to limit purchase quantities, allegedly more from a resale standpoint (?)

It appears that Chucky Schumer is proposing a new law (again) requiring identification to buy prepaid cell phones, but so far it hasn't gotten off the ground, and it didn't get off the ground in 2009 either.

Kind of makes me want to go buy some burners just because it raises red flags. Besides, I do some telecom work, and I can assure you that there are plenty of legitimate uses for "burner" phones in the t-com world...they're great for testing and R&D around call center and queue routing for example.