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Telemarketers Held Accountable ... In Theory

Posted by Hemos on from the we'll-see dept.

str83dge writes "The House of Representatives just passed H.R. 90 which amends the Telecommunications Act to prohibit telemarketers from circumventing caller ID. People can file suit against the telemarketers for minimum damages of $500. Privacy.org has a story here. Question: if they circumvent caller ID, won't it be difficult for the average person to determine who actually is calling them? Let's just hope they take this a step further and apply it to spammers. :)"

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  1. That's too bad by jodonn · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Currently, whenever a telemarketer calls me, the caller ID reads "Unavailable." So I don't pick up the phone. It's very handy.

    If they started displaying real phone numbers, they'd be tricking me into thinking that someone I want to talk to is calling and I'd answer.