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What the "Truth in Caller ID Act" (just passed) impacts

• troydavis 17y ago
  After re-reading the PDF, I'm impressed at how well written it is, especially for being so short. I think it avoids snagging Google Voice and other services by requiring both action and intent. While intent is subject to interpretation, it beats a 75 page bill that's obsolete before it's passed.
  • jerf 17y ago
    Why would the combination of "being short" and "well written" surprise you? "Long" virtually guarantees "crappy", due to the effectively 100% chance of bad interactions.
    • troydavis 17y ago
      Yeah, long virtually guarantees crappy, but short can mean so coarse that intent isn't clear - LEO and courts pick up the pieces. Big item not covered here is practical enforceability. Ingress filtering to prevent IP packet spoofing is much easier because there are many valid uses for CID spoofing. Can't configure a session border controller to filter "deceiving or defrauding spoofed caller ID values."
• jrockway 17y ago
  What's next, the "Truth in RFC822 From: Field Act" and the "Truth in HTTP Referer Header Act"?