https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/02/assist-wireless-customer-data-exposed/ > U.S. cell carrier Assist Wireless left tens of thousands of personal customer documents on its website by mistake. > Assist provides free government-subsidized cell phones to low-income households across Oklahoma through the Lifeline program, set up by the Federal Communications Commission in 1985. Lifeline helps households on federal assistance programs, like food stamps or public housing, get access to cheap cell phone plans.