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FTC Gets 744 New Ideas On How To Hang Up On Robocallers

Posted by timothy on from the I'd-prefer-starving-them-in-a-cage dept.

coondoggie writes "The Federal Trade Commission today said the submission period for its Robocall Challenge had ended and it got 744 new ideas for ways to shut down the annoying automated callers. The FTC noted that the vast majority of telephone calls that deliver a prerecorded message trying to sell something to the recipient are illegal. The FTC regulates these calls under the Telemarketing Sales Rule and the Challenge was issued to developing technical or functional solutions and proofs of concepts that can block illegal robocalls which, despite the agency's best efforts, seem to be increasing."

2 of 281 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Google Voice call screening by NevarMore · · Score: 5, Funny

    There are so many loopholes in it you could drive a Mac truck through them.

    Is Apple making wheeled vehicles now?

  2. Re:Google Voice call screening by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wouldn’t worry about the Apple Mac Truck being a death trap; after all they are all very well engineered devices.

    It's the other things that worry me; such as add-ons like the "Standard fuel pump to iGas adapter", "sloped driveway parking adapter", and the fact that I could only get gas, wiper blades, air freshener and other iTruck items from the approved iTruckStore. But then again ... they really do make the best adapters; and the door is on the bottom!! *mind blown*

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