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Why aren't these kinds of calls straight up illegal in the first place? I believe they are. I believe they are using hacked PBX's and they move from location
by e40 10y ago
Why aren't these kinds of calls straight up illegal in the first place?
I believe they are. I believe they are using hacked PBX's and they move from location to location, so they authorities have a hard time catching them.
I talked with a lawyer who litigated against a company that did this, back in the the early 00's, and he indicated they are criminal organizations setup purely for the purpose of defrauding the people that play along with their pitches. What I don't understand is why the trail of money is so hard to follow and prosecute. I think the barrier to catching them is just too high. I once tried to get AT&T to help me catch someone that repeatedly called me and wouldn't stop. The process they had in place was so onerous that after a few days in I just gave up. It's clear they do NOT want to help catch them.
- bradleyjg 10y agoIs the problem then that telephone network was designed to be too trusting and lacks robust authentication methods?
- dave2000 10y agoIt seems that way to me. It seems there's simply no way to know who is calling, from where etc. It would be great if you could just see there caller's number but it seems just about anyone is able to spoof calls from anywhere. So how are these calls getting paid for? I guess the mail problem is that if all these phone calls are stopped, the phone companies stand to lose millions.
- TeMPOraL 10y agoIt won't get fixed now because $privacy. While the crime argument is used way too much to promote surveillance, it is also true that privacy-enchancing methods help criminals more than ordinary people. AT&T being able to track down some spammers is equivalent to them being able to track down everyone.