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Relatedly, anyone know how/why the Do Not Call Registry has become totally useless? I get probably 10+ spam calls a week now, often for business loans and such

by ashark 10y ago

Relatedly, anyone know how/why the Do Not Call Registry has become totally useless? I get probably 10+ spam calls a week now, often for business loans and such (I don't own a business). It's made phone calls the worst way (most likely to be ignored for a long time, or missed entirely) to get in touch with me. Just confirmed, my number's on it and has been since '04. I get about as many junk calls as I did pre-registry now, though it worked really well for the first ~8 years.

holdenc 10y ago
Cheap, unregulated IP telephony and disposable phone numbers have made it easy to spam phones, unfortunately.
- FussyZeus 10y ago
  Seems like a good use for predator drones. Yes, I am kidding.
- tyingq 10y ago
  Plus the ability to spoof caller ID with almost no chance of being caught.
jessriedel 10y ago
This Slate article has an ideological axe to grind (it's amazing what can be politicized...), but has useful info. http://www.slate.com/articles/business/the_bills/2016/05/robocalls_have_triumphed_over_the_do_not_call_list_whose_fault_is_it.html http://www.slate.com/articles/business/the_bills/2016/05/rob... Here's some coverage of the situation in Canada: http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/crtc-do-not-call-list-telemarketers-1.3624584 http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/crtc-do-not-call-list-telema...