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The problem is that social networking protocols would inherently be much more complex than phone protocols (but it could be done). Moreover, some body would hav
by joe_the_user 8y ago
The problem is that social networking protocols would inherently be much more complex than phone protocols (but it could be done). Moreover, some body would have to standardize those protocols as well as discovering some way of preventing spam. My hunch that I know get more spam on my phone number than either my email or my Facebook account because phones still have open points of entry.
- theseatoms 8y agoThe open protocol could start small and gradually grow over time, maintaining backwards compatibility. The incentives aren't there, of course.
- int_19h 8y agoFor starters, let's just have them open, and let the market figure out how to bridge them. With lessons learned from that, maybe we can come up with something working. But even if not, it would already be a drastic improvement on what we have.
- kerkeslager 8y agoI suspect there are two reasons we get more spam phone calls: 1. There's no effective signing on phone calls, so spoofing a phone number is easy. This makes it impossible to prosecute spammers. 2. There's no way to filter a phone call based on the content of the phone call before it arrives. It's possible to spoof senders on email and text messages as well, but it's also possible to filter these based on content before they reach your inbox. This isn't perfect, but it greatly reduces spam in text-based mediums.
- Spooky23 8y agoThe main reason is the telcos choose not to, because they make money on them. You can eliminate ~95%+ of junk calls from the telco side.
- kerkeslager 8y agoHow?