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FCC fight against robocalls goes international:
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced on Thursday that it has signed an agreement with its Australian counterpart to work together to fight robocalls.
The signing of the "Memorandum of Understanding" with the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is the latest in a number of moves the FCC has made to combat robocalls in recent months.
The agreement seeks for the two agencies to "work together to develop and coordinate a global approach to addressing unlawful robocalls or robotexts, and the unlawful use of inaccurate caller ID information or 'spoofing,' the FCC said.
"Robocall scams are a global problem that require global commitment and cooperation," Acting FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said in a statement. "With these irritating calls coming from near and far, we need international cooperation, information sharing, and enforcement to address this matter. I want to thank our Australian friends for working with us on this agreement. By joining together we can help get these scammers off of our networks and protect consumers and businesses around the world."
(Score: 3, Interesting) by bzipitidoo on Saturday June 05 2021, @10:19PM (1 child)
This. That it has ever been possible to so easily spoof phone numbers is messed up. The right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing. There's no good technical reason for that to be possible, which means the reasons are political.
To use a car analogy, it's as if you could get out of a speeding ticket by taping a piece of paper with different, lower numbers over the numbers on your speedometer.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 07 2021, @11:42PM
Or by changing your license plate number with a marker.