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FCC Releases Data for ‘Do-Not-Disturb’ Technologies

posted by janrinok on Sunday October 25 2015, @02:54AM   Printer-friendly
from the not-now-I'm-busy dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

The Federal Communications Commission announced today the Commission will release robocall and telemarketing consumer complaint data weekly to help developers build and improve "do-not-disturb" technologies that allow consumers to block or filter unwanted calls and texts. The data, including originating phone numbers of telemarketers and automated robocalls, will be released and available on the FCC's Consumer Help Center's website.

"Consumers want and deserve effective tools to empower them to choose the calls and texts they receive. This data will help improve do-not-disturb technologies so they can provide the best service for consumers," said Alison Kutler, chief of the FCC's Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, which manages consumer complaints. "As we encourage providers to offer these services, and as the Commission recently made clear that there are no legal barriers to doing so, we continue to look for ways to help facilitate important consumer tools."

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 25 2015, @04:22AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 25 2015, @04:22AM (#254232)

    This list is going to be used for dirty tricks. Pay some shady operator to report your competitor's phone numbers and in a few weeks no one is taking their calls.

    All you have to do is joe-job them by using their number in caller-id for fake marketing calls that aren't even trying to sell anything.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 25 2015, @04:40AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 25 2015, @04:40AM (#254238)

    That first idea sounds like something that will probably happen, indeed probably has already been happening because we already have crowd-sourced blacklists.

    The second technique is illegal in the US [dailytech.com] although I suppose you could make your calls from elsewhere.

    • (Score: 2) by HiThere on Sunday October 25 2015, @07:56PM

      by HiThere (866) Subscriber Badge on Sunday October 25 2015, @07:56PM (#254416) Journal

      Being illegal doesn't mean the likelihood of being caught is very high. But it does sound like a lot of work...and you probably wouldn't want to hire someone else to do it...unless he had no way of proving you hired him AND you had some way of checking up that he actually did the work.

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