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https://www.engadget.com/2018/11/06/fcc-caller-id-authentication-2019/
Even if you don't agree with Ajit Pai's stance on some important issues, you might still want to hear about his latest campaign against robocalls. The FCC chairman has demanded (PDF) the adoption of a robust call authentication system to prevent caller ID spoofing, telling American carriers to implement the technology no later than 2019. Pai has sent letters to the CEOs of 14 voice providers to ask them to conjure up concrete plans to adopt the SHAKEN/STIR framework, which would validate legitimate calls across networks before they reach recipients. That would block spam and scam robocalls from going through, so you don't have to be wary of answering calls anymore.
"Combatting illegal robocalls is our top consumer priority at the FCC. That's why we need call authentication to become a reality -- it's the best way to ensure that consumers can answer their phones with confidence. By this time next year, I expect that consumers will begin to see this on their phones," Pai said in a statement.
He asked the carriers about their implementation plans and warned that if it doesn't seem like the call authentication system is on track to get up and running by 2019, the FCC will take action. Pai didn't elaborate on what the FCC will do, but the agency says it "stands ready to ensure widespread deployment to hit this important technological milestone."
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 07 2018, @02:42PM (6 children)
Fixing this problem has been trivial for decades. The fact that it took this long, says more than the attempt to fix it. People have been deprived of their peace of mind by design, not by accident. The fact that they should pay attention to this, now that the FCC is deep in law suites it is unlikely to win, is akin to bringing somebody up for air for a moment during water boarding.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday November 07 2018, @03:02PM
Remember the early 1980s. You started seeing all these TV commercials for something called "tele marketing".
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(Score: 2) by EvilSS on Wednesday November 07 2018, @03:05PM
I don't think you've been waterboarding people correctly if you think you need to "bring them up" to breathe. Did you even bother reading the manual?
(Score: 4, Interesting) by Spamalope on Wednesday November 07 2018, @03:31PM (1 child)
In the 90s my answering machine (remember those) message started with the SIT tones. You know, the ones before any telephone error message. It was effective at getting the robo calls to mark my number is bad. I want a way to send the modern version of that kind of error message!
Or, on older phones the line wasn't cleared very quickly at all if the other side answered and never hung up. I'd pick up robo calls and then put them on speakerphone mute if I didn't need the phone. Heard their techs trying to figure out why the machine couldn't dial more than once. (seemed like a public service to tie up a machine all day... and waste their techs time. Yay!)
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Wednesday November 07 2018, @11:48PM
Modern systems are sophisticated enough not to be fooled by that. It was just one step in the arms race (I had several versions of it myself, was even built into some phones without answering machines...)
The real challenge with modern phone harassment is free and very low cost international calling. Try putting your real phone number on a domain name registration anymore - dozens of calls from India wanting to sell you web development services ensue, and if they're breaking the U.S. do-not-call registry laws, who's going to do anything about that?
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 07 2018, @06:30PM
Did you mean lawsuits? I just can't imagine staying in a law suite.
(Score: 2) by RandomFactor on Wednesday November 07 2018, @10:43PM
If only EMAIL had an FCC.
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