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https://www.c-span.org/video/?414145-1/fcc-robocall-strike-force-meets-discuss-call-blocking-technology&start=96 https://www.c-span.org/video/?414145-1/fcc-robo

https://www.c-span.org/video/?414145-1/fcc-robocall-strike-force-meets-discuss-call-blocking-technology&start=96 https://www.c-span.org/video/?414145-1/fcc-robocall-strike-f... Watch starting at the 3 minute mark. He's over the top & kind of babbling. Compared to IRS tax threat scams, the idea the robocalling is the biggest threat is offensive. (IRS Tax threat scams: https://www.irs.gov/uac/newsroom/dont-be-fooled-phone-scams-continue-to-be-serious-threat-nationwide https://www.irs.gov/uac/newsroom/dont-be-fooled-phone-scams-...)

eropple 10y ago
So I watched the video, and he comes off a little clumsy, but I'm not following the argument you're making. Can you explain to me how that bolsters either that he does not care how technology works or how he's about people "bending to his will"? (I'm not sure that IRS tax threat scams are FCC jurisdiction and not FTC, and the IRS refers to the FTC and not the FCC on that page, but IANAL.)
- droopybuns 10y ago
  I'd concede I'm grumpy. The broad swaths he strokes about robocalling being a "scourge" feel, to me, like they are indifferent to the virtual miracle of long distance communication on demand. Here's the deal- nobody wants to do the hard parts of secure communications. They want them to work, for free, and be easy. Those goals are not compatible with "secure" and "fraud-free." So I concede, bend to the his will may be provocative- but I don't see an administrator who is being compassionate to the marketplace realities in his behavior.
  - IshKebab 10y ago
    Are you one of those paid commentators that PR companies and immoral politicians hire to sway online opinion?
    - tptacek 10y ago
      There are a million different ways to make an uncivil argument on HN. This is one of the very few that are forbidden on HN specifically and by name. No matter how objectionable someone's argument is, don't accuse them of being a shill. https://hn.algolia.com/?utm_source=opensearch&utm_medium=search&utm_campaign=opensearch&query=author:dang%20shillage&sort=byDate&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=comment&storyText=false https://hn.algolia.com/?utm_source=opensearch&utm_medium=sea...

eropple 10y ago

So I watched the video, and he comes off a little clumsy, but I'm not following the argument you're making. Can you explain to me how that bolsters either that he does not care how technology works or how he's about people "bending to his will"? (I'm not sure that IRS tax threat scams are FCC jurisdiction and not FTC, and the IRS refers to the FTC and not the FCC on that page, but IANAL.)

droopybuns 10y ago
I'd concede I'm grumpy. The broad swaths he strokes about robocalling being a "scourge" feel, to me, like they are indifferent to the virtual miracle of long distance communication on demand. Here's the deal- nobody wants to do the hard parts of secure communications. They want them to work, for free, and be easy. Those goals are not compatible with "secure" and "fraud-free." So I concede, bend to the his will may be provocative- but I don't see an administrator who is being compassionate to the marketplace realities in his behavior.
- IshKebab 10y ago
  Are you one of those paid commentators that PR companies and immoral politicians hire to sway online opinion?
  - tptacek 10y ago
    There are a million different ways to make an uncivil argument on HN. This is one of the very few that are forbidden on HN specifically and by name. No matter how objectionable someone's argument is, don't accuse them of being a shill. https://hn.algolia.com/?utm_source=opensearch&utm_medium=search&utm_campaign=opensearch&query=author:dang%20shillage&sort=byDate&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=comment&storyText=false https://hn.algolia.com/?utm_source=opensearch&utm_medium=sea...