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I get about ten a day and you are dead on. They are all criminally fraudulent. This shouldn't be handled by the FCC but the fbi. Every single person at the robo

I get about ten a day and you are dead on. They are all criminally fraudulent. This shouldn't be handled by the FCC but the fbi. Every single person at the robocalling company should be arrested, even the secretary. This isn't a civil matter, this is criminal and should be treated as such.

DoofusOfDeath 7y ago
I agree 100%. It's clear to me that the U.S. has the technical capability of hunting down the origins of these calls, and bring the offenders to trial. This leads me to believe it's a matter of political will, and I don't understand the inaction.
- vonmoltke 7y ago
  > It's clear to me that the U.S. has the technical capability of hunting down the origins of these calls, and bring the offenders to trial. How is that clear?
  - rubatuga 7y ago
    Think NSA
    - vonmoltke 7y ago
      I think you are ascribing magical powers to the NSA that they don't have.
      - RandomBacon 7y ago
        I think you are wrong.
- zanmat0 7y ago
  >It's clear to me that the U.S. has the technical capability of hunting down the origins of these calls, and bring the offenders to trial. Do they? From what I've gathered its mostly small distributed shops in India and the Philippines. Shut one down, three new ones pop up.
  - darkpuma 7y ago
    Duterte pretends to be a hardass, right? Tell him to deal with it by any means necessary or else the USS Jimmy Carter starts to sever their submarine cables one by one until the problem is resolved that way. If anybody thinks that's too severe, explain to them that DDOSing a nation's telecom system is an act of cyberwar.
    - AnimalMuppet 7y ago
      Do you really think that having Duterte kill these people is an appropriate response to robocalls? I mean, sure, I understand the temptation, but... it's a bit extreme for the actual harm being done.
      - darkpuma 7y ago
        > "Do you really think that having Duterte kill these people is an appropriate response to robocalls?" Pretty sure he'd need only threaten the Philippine telecom executives with death, but if he wants to carry through with it at this point I wouldn't shed a tear.
      - chrisfinazzo 7y ago
        Duterte's a crazy man, if anyone deserves to get whacked, it's him. In a normal administration, we could manage this, but with a septuagenarian and John "war is fucking awesome" Bolton around, the bastard gets showered with praise. Sorry to say it, ditto for Erdogan /politicsrant
coding123 7y ago
here here. though I would have to say I've been a tough critic of the FCC, but my robocall volume has dropped from 25 a day to about 4. A few big busts are probably the reason it's dropping off. Second to that is probably fear from getting busted at this point. I still agree with you though, the robocall companies that you can find from google should be arrested. Maybe even slice off a finger?

DoofusOfDeath 7y ago

I agree 100%. It's clear to me that the U.S. has the technical capability of hunting down the origins of these calls, and bring the offenders to trial. This leads me to believe it's a matter of political will, and I don't understand the inaction.

vonmoltke 7y ago
> It's clear to me that the U.S. has the technical capability of hunting down the origins of these calls, and bring the offenders to trial. How is that clear?
- rubatuga 7y ago
  Think NSA
  - vonmoltke 7y ago
    I think you are ascribing magical powers to the NSA that they don't have.
    - RandomBacon 7y ago
      I think you are wrong.
zanmat0 7y ago
>It's clear to me that the U.S. has the technical capability of hunting down the origins of these calls, and bring the offenders to trial. Do they? From what I've gathered its mostly small distributed shops in India and the Philippines. Shut one down, three new ones pop up.
- darkpuma 7y ago
  Duterte pretends to be a hardass, right? Tell him to deal with it by any means necessary or else the USS Jimmy Carter starts to sever their submarine cables one by one until the problem is resolved that way. If anybody thinks that's too severe, explain to them that DDOSing a nation's telecom system is an act of cyberwar.
  - AnimalMuppet 7y ago
    Do you really think that having Duterte kill these people is an appropriate response to robocalls? I mean, sure, I understand the temptation, but... it's a bit extreme for the actual harm being done.
    - darkpuma 7y ago
      > "Do you really think that having Duterte kill these people is an appropriate response to robocalls?" Pretty sure he'd need only threaten the Philippine telecom executives with death, but if he wants to carry through with it at this point I wouldn't shed a tear.
    - chrisfinazzo 7y ago
      Duterte's a crazy man, if anyone deserves to get whacked, it's him. In a normal administration, we could manage this, but with a septuagenarian and John "war is fucking awesome" Bolton around, the bastard gets showered with praise. Sorry to say it, ditto for Erdogan /politicsrant

coding123 7y ago

here here. though I would have to say I've been a tough critic of the FCC, but my robocall volume has dropped from 25 a day to about 4. A few big busts are probably the reason it's dropping off. Second to that is probably fear from getting busted at this point. I still agree with you though, the robocall companies that you can find from google should be arrested. Maybe even slice off a finger?