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How the robocall industry outwitted the government and wrecked the DoNotCall list
- westi 9y agoLooks like you can read this without the paywalling here: https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/how-robocall-moguls-outwitted-the-government-and-completely-wrecked-the-do-not-call-list/ https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/how-robocall-mogul...
- dboreham 9y agoTo save reading what is quite a long article that covers mostly the history of this subject : 1. The do-not-call database is "write-only" (you can add yourself but nobody actually queries the database, especially not the telemarketers). 2. There is no effective telemarketer police.
- na85 9y agoFrankly the real problem is piss-poor security in the telecom networks. Why is it possible to spoof a phone number, and why is it so trivially easy? Without the ability to spoof numbers, this problem disappears overnight with some litigation and call blacklisting.
- grok2 9y agoThe excruciatingly long article didn't seem to explain how the industry "outwitted" the government or even "wrecked" the do-not-call list. Not sure what the title was about.
- true_tuna 9y agoInflammatory headline, paywalled sute. Why would anyone post garbage like this? Also if you report a do not call violation the telemarketers face a fine of $16k per call. I’m not sure that qualifies as outwitting, but I didn’t read the article (see above re paywall) so maybe I’m missing something.
- ComputerGuru 9y agoBecause it’s an excellently written article that covers the legal, ethical, technical, and historical aspects of telemarketing?