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'Robocall Strike Force' Proposal Could Stop Caller ID Spoofing (onthewire.io)
This summer the FCC convened a "Robocall Task Force" to help consumers fight unwanted automated telemarketers, and Wednesday the coalition finally delivered a report recommending a "Do Not Originate" list so carriers could spot spoofed numbers which should be blocked.
A trial of the "DNO" list that's been running for the last few weeks on some IRS numbers has resulted in a 90 percent drop in the volume of IRS scam calls, officials from AT&T, which leads the strike force, said during the FCC meeting Wednesday. The carriers on the strike force, which include Sprint, Verizon, and many others, plan to continue testing the DNO list in the coming months, with the intent to fully implement it some time next year...
The strike force members also are working on a system to classify calls into categories, such as political or charity, as a way to give consumers more information before they answer calls from unknown numbers. And, the group said it has developed a working solution for authentication between VoIP applications and traditional landline networks as another way to defeat spoofing from callers in foreign countries.
Early next year they're planning larger tests -- and the strike force has also created a new site describing how to block and report robocalls.
The strike force members also are working on a system to classify calls into categories, such as political or charity, as a way to give consumers more information before they answer calls from unknown numbers. And, the group said it has developed a working solution for authentication between VoIP applications and traditional landline networks as another way to defeat spoofing from callers in foreign countries.
Early next year they're planning larger tests -- and the strike force has also created a new site describing how to block and report robocalls.
Why are they even messing about with this?
Require mandatory jail sentences for anybody installing/operating this equipment and the problem will disappear overnight.
The same goes for a lot of other crap the people have to put up with. Start throwing more scumbags in jail and the scumbags will stop doing it.
Maybe a general "scumbag" law that can be applied retroactively to people who try to beat the system. If a jury decides that somebody is being a 'scumbag' then anybody with a history of the behavior being judged can have the law applied to them.
Vote for me in the next election!
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