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Hear hear. An interesting corner case is when the call is from your exact number. I wonder if the keepers of the POTS (plain old telephone system) can start p
by mchannon 8y ago
Hear hear. An interesting corner case is when the call is from your exact number.
I wonder if the keepers of the POTS (plain old telephone system) can start putting in safeguards to curtail the ability to fake your source phone number. I get that there are myriad instances where this is above board and even necessary, but nobody's proposing any changes.
- javagram 8y agoAjit Pai recently announced the FCC is pushing carriers towards this type of system. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/11/ajit-pai-slams-sprint-charter-and-centurylink-for-poor-robocall-effort/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/11/ajit-pai-slams-s... > "Under the SHAKEN/STIR framework, calls traveling through interconnected phone networks would be 'signed' as legitimate by originating carriers and validated by other carriers before reaching consumers," Pai's press release explained. "The framework digitally validates the handoff of phone calls passing through the complex web of networks, allowing the phone company of the consumer receiving the call to verify that a call is from the person supposedly making it."