Caller ID spoofing is needed for corporate main numbers and the like.
Is it? They could use a vpn to route outgoing calls to the right point. I take it number spoofing is about one of two things at this point: 1. Call centers that aren't using voip so can't do a vpn trick 2.The phone company wants to offer the service so they can charge for the convenience
I think it should be banned entirely, it's just too much abuse right now.
Caller ID spoofing is needed for corporate main numbers and the like.
Is it? They could use a vpn to route outgoing calls to the right point. I take it number spoofing is about one of two things at this point: 1. Call centers that aren't using voip so can't do a vpn trick 2.The phone company wants to offer the service so they can charge for the convenience
I think it should be banned entirely, it's just too much abuse right now.
Youre mixing up several technologies. VPN has nothing to do with spoofing.
Corporate customers need to spoof their caller ID because they want the main number of the company's call center to show on the phone line, not the extension of the person or machine taking the call. They want you to call the main number back from a missed call.
Same thing for hospitals and emergency workers. The on-call doctor will call you from an emergency cell phone and goes off shift in 10 minutes. The next person to need an ER doc at the hospital needs to call back the on-call number, not the doctor directly who's now off shift.
now think completely disconnected and antisocial behaviour is acceptable. Don’t care? See how that works out for you long run.
I agree. I just had a conversation with a support employee who works for me yesterday. I told them to get out of their desk and walk to the customer's desk and give them an update on the situation IN PERSON. They were at a loss to see why a simple text or email wasn't good enough. True customer service is becoming a lost art because of this new disconnected mentality.
I never answer calls anymore. 95% of the calls I get are scammers and spammers. And the caller ID is always spoofed to something that looks similar to my own number.
I've even had people call me claiming my number is spamming them!
The phone companies should be held liable for not fixing caller ID spoofing. There are numerous ways to do this. Caller ID spoofing is needed for corporate main numbers and the like. Those could be registered just like SSL certs. There is no reason a random device should be allowed to spoof.
I mean so what??? The UX design of Edge is atrocious. Like maybe they didn't even use a UX team bad. I'd much rather use a great browser than a shitty fast one!
Not rhetorical. Can you remotely pair? Every system I've ever used that required "pairing", required physical access. I could see someone intercepting the pairing from a distance, but I would hope that a remote attacker could force pairing from a distance.
This. You have to press a pairing button either on the webpage or on the physical controller. Either way you'd already have access if you could do either of those.
UBNT routers and access points are crap. They are utterly dependent on their "central management" which you quite often do NOT want and which is dependent on their cloud services.
Don't spread FUD. You can run their management controller (which totally rocks by the way) on any Windows or Linux PC for free or on a small appliance they sell for less than $100. After you've configured them you never have to run the controller again unless you want to change something.
It always blows my mind when I see users who constantly post pro-Trump free market posts on slashdot calling for the death and hanging of someone or some organization who is doing just that!
Geez. Either you want free market or you don't! At least be consistent.
I have suspected MOST Republicans actually want socialized healthcare, they've just been bamboozled by their party to think otherwise.
When Netflix streaming came out I said "This could end piracy. Finally." Then the stupid movie companies decided it wasn't good enough and spun up 400 different streaming services. Defeating the very solution that would have fixed the problem.
I refuse to have multiple streaming subscriptions just so I can watch one show on your service.
The FCC said false ring tones “cause callers to believe that the phone is ringing at the called party’s premises when it is not.” The agency added that uncompleted calls “cause rural businesses to lose revenue, impede medical professionals from reaching patients in rural areas, cut families off from their relatives, and create the potential for dangerous delays in public safety communications.”
TL;DR: They made your phone ring in the caller's ear, even though the call was probably not ringing at the receiver's end.
This absolutely should not be a consideration, almost everything these days has microcode and there is no way for a repair shop to determine what it is. Apple also can't be trusted on this, as they will obviously claim that anything they didn't make is in violation. This is clearly an issue with Apple, that manufactures in China, and Chinese knock-offs or unauthorized production runs. With Apple unwilling/unable to resolve this problem in China, it shouldn't be possible for them to attempt to resolve it by going after repair shops.
I didn't say I agree with it. I am just the messenger. Don't shoot me.
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Instead of the scientists who did all of the hard work?
Caller ID spoofing is needed for corporate main numbers and the like.
Is it? They could use a vpn to route outgoing calls to the right point. I take it number spoofing is about one of two things at this point: .The phone company wants to offer the service so they can charge for the convenience
1. Call centers that aren't using voip so can't do a vpn trick
2
I think it should be banned entirely, it's just too much abuse right now.
Caller ID spoofing is needed for corporate main numbers and the like.
Is it? They could use a vpn to route outgoing calls to the right point. I take it number spoofing is about one of two things at this point: .The phone company wants to offer the service so they can charge for the convenience
1. Call centers that aren't using voip so can't do a vpn trick
2
I think it should be banned entirely, it's just too much abuse right now.
Youre mixing up several technologies. VPN has nothing to do with spoofing.
Corporate customers need to spoof their caller ID because they want the main number of the company's call center to show on the phone line, not the extension of the person or machine taking the call. They want you to call the main number back from a missed call.
Same thing for hospitals and emergency workers. The on-call doctor will call you from an emergency cell phone and goes off shift in 10 minutes. The next person to need an ER doc at the hospital needs to call back the on-call number, not the doctor directly who's now off shift.
now think completely disconnected and antisocial behaviour is acceptable. Don’t care? See how that works out for you long run.
I agree. I just had a conversation with a support employee who works for me yesterday. I told them to get out of their desk and walk to the customer's desk and give them an update on the situation IN PERSON. They were at a loss to see why a simple text or email wasn't good enough. True customer service is becoming a lost art because of this new disconnected mentality.
I never answer calls anymore. 95% of the calls I get are scammers and spammers. And the caller ID is always spoofed to something that looks similar to my own number.
I've even had people call me claiming my number is spamming them!
The phone companies should be held liable for not fixing caller ID spoofing. There are numerous ways to do this. Caller ID spoofing is needed for corporate main numbers and the like. Those could be registered just like SSL certs. There is no reason a random device should be allowed to spoof.
I mean so what??? The UX design of Edge is atrocious. Like maybe they didn't even use a UX team bad. I'd much rather use a great browser than a shitty fast one!
Not rhetorical. Can you remotely pair? Every system I've ever used that required "pairing", required physical access. I could see someone intercepting the pairing from a distance, but I would hope that a remote attacker could force pairing from a distance.
This. You have to press a pairing button either on the webpage or on the physical controller. Either way you'd already have access if you could do either of those.
UBNT routers and access points are crap. They are utterly dependent on their "central management" which you quite often do NOT want and which is dependent on their cloud services.
Don't spread FUD. You can run their management controller (which totally rocks by the way) on any Windows or Linux PC for free or on a small appliance they sell for less than $100. After you've configured them you never have to run the controller again unless you want to change something.
pfSense running on WANBOX...
pfSense because its open source and free and "just works". WANBOX, because its reliable and supports AES-NI crypto onboard.
So what. Why should we care. As long as the power isn't being stolen who cares. Spend your money however you want.
I'd say if you're running your bitcoin farm on solar, then no one cares. If you're running it on coal. The environment cares.
That live forever. Exactly what we need.
I like to deal in facts, not wishes....
There have been 30 “defensive” Democratic war years, for about 15% of the total.
There have been 25 “defensive” Republican war years, for about 12.5% of the total.
There have been 64 “offensive” Democratic war years, for about 32% of the total.
There have been 81 “offensive” Republican war years, for about 40.5% of the total.
From a warmongering perspective, Republicans are king.
The Warlord Hillary would have sent in ground troops?
If the Annointed One had won the election, there would be three or possibly low four figure US casulties by this time in the ground war in Syria.
For her clients, the coveted gas pipeline across Syria is worth that much.
You have to be kidding me? I'm not a liberal and even I know its the conservatives who want to fight wars, and the liberals who want to just talk.
Get a life. Not everything can be blamed on Hillary.
It's quite possible they are different people.
You can't have the same username and be different people on slashdot.
It always blows my mind when I see users who constantly post pro-Trump free market posts on slashdot calling for the death and hanging of someone or some organization who is doing just that!
Geez. Either you want free market or you don't! At least be consistent.
I have suspected MOST Republicans actually want socialized healthcare, they've just been bamboozled by their party to think otherwise.
When Netflix streaming came out I said "This could end piracy. Finally." Then the stupid movie companies decided it wasn't good enough and spun up 400 different streaming services. Defeating the very solution that would have fixed the problem.
I refuse to have multiple streaming subscriptions just so I can watch one show on your service.
I mean why not just get an android tablet with keyboard case and call it a day. There are numerous sub $100 android tablets.
From the article:
The FCC said false ring tones “cause callers to believe that the phone is ringing at the called party’s premises when it is not.” The agency added that uncompleted calls “cause rural businesses to lose revenue, impede medical professionals from reaching patients in rural areas, cut families off from their relatives, and create the potential for dangerous delays in public safety communications.”
TL;DR: They made your phone ring in the caller's ear, even though the call was probably not ringing at the receiver's end.
This absolutely should not be a consideration, almost everything these days has microcode and there is no way for a repair shop to determine what it is. Apple also can't be trusted on this, as they will obviously claim that anything they didn't make is in violation. This is clearly an issue with Apple, that manufactures in China, and Chinese knock-offs or unauthorized production runs. With Apple unwilling/unable to resolve this problem in China, it shouldn't be possible for them to attempt to resolve it by going after repair shops.
I didn't say I agree with it. I am just the messenger. Don't shoot me.
How do you know?
Because it is literally my job to know these things.
Yes, a third-party part cannot contain Apple logos, but seeing this a screen, how do you think is that relevant?
Because that screen has chips with microcode owned/copyrighted/patented by Apple installed on it.
What if I don't want to be in the MFi program and want to build the cables anyway?
There's a chip in the lightning cable with an encrypted key. They iPhone will refuse to pair with that cable.
If only I had mod points! +1 Insightful!
Samsung failed to get orders from Chinese companies. Nothing to do with apple.
http://www.patentlyapple.com/p...
That wasn't my point at all. But then you already knew that.
And you don't think uncle sam has access to those?