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Nope, turns out it is some sort of crappy regulation preventing providers from stopping the robocallers from spoofing numbers in the US: >"The FCC last year au

by nonbel 8y ago

Nope, turns out it is some sort of crappy regulation preventing providers from stopping the robocallers from spoofing numbers in the US: >"The FCC last year authorized voice service providers to block more types of calls in which the Caller ID has been spoofed or in which the number on the Caller ID is invalid." https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/10/robocallers-evolved-to-sidestep-new-call-blocking-rules-ags-tell-fcc/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/10/robocallers-evol...

lazyasciiart 8y ago
Nope, turns out there is virtually no downside to making spam calls in the US, and so companies continue to do it. The spoofed numbers are just a way they implement that to get around consumer efforts to prevent it.
- nonbel 8y ago
  I'll take your word for that. But the problem is that bad regulation has created a downside for providers to block spam calls so they continue not to. I would easily switch providers tomorrow if one of the features was "no spoofed numbers". This would be a giant market advantage if not prevented by this regulatory issue (whatever it is).
  - bobthepanda 8y ago
    T-Mobile offers it for free: https://www.t-mobile.com/resources/call-protection https://www.t-mobile.com/resources/call-protection Verizon Wireless offers it for $2.99 a line: https://www.verizonwireless.com/support/call-filter-faqs/ https://www.verizonwireless.com/support/call-filter-faqs/ Not sure about the other major carriers.
    - nonbel 8y ago
      Neither of those block spoofed numbers, both work by creating a blacklist.
    - btilly 8y ago
      I am on T-Mobile. There was a point when most of the spam to my phone was from Scam Likely. Then the robocallers learned that this is the truth, and I get spam about my credit card and something in Chinese that isn't so flagged.
      - bpicolo 8y ago
        I haven't gotten a single spam call since enabling the blocking.
JohnFen 8y ago
If that were the root cause, it would have already been fixed. There is no FCC regulation that Congress can't change.

by nonbel 8y ago

lazyasciiart 8y ago

Nope, turns out there is virtually no downside to making spam calls in the US, and so companies continue to do it. The spoofed numbers are just a way they implement that to get around consumer efforts to prevent it.

nonbel 8y ago
I'll take your word for that. But the problem is that bad regulation has created a downside for providers to block spam calls so they continue not to. I would easily switch providers tomorrow if one of the features was "no spoofed numbers". This would be a giant market advantage if not prevented by this regulatory issue (whatever it is).
- bobthepanda 8y ago
  T-Mobile offers it for free: https://www.t-mobile.com/resources/call-protection https://www.t-mobile.com/resources/call-protection Verizon Wireless offers it for $2.99 a line: https://www.verizonwireless.com/support/call-filter-faqs/ https://www.verizonwireless.com/support/call-filter-faqs/ Not sure about the other major carriers.
  - nonbel 8y ago
    Neither of those block spoofed numbers, both work by creating a blacklist.
  - btilly 8y ago
    I am on T-Mobile. There was a point when most of the spam to my phone was from Scam Likely. Then the robocallers learned that this is the truth, and I get spam about my credit card and something in Chinese that isn't so flagged.
    - bpicolo 8y ago
      I haven't gotten a single spam call since enabling the blocking.

JohnFen 8y ago

If that were the root cause, it would have already been fixed. There is no FCC regulation that Congress can't change.