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How about a phone system that does not allow random people to spoof numbers with little to no effort. That would be a nice start. Would also curb all those frig
by MisterTea 7y ago
How about a phone system that does not allow random people to spoof numbers with little to no effort. That would be a nice start. Would also curb all those friggin spam calls I get from random numbers.
- jonny_eh 7y agoPeople are working on a solution, but unfortunately it's a tough challenge due to bad choices made decades ago.
- penagwin 7y agoYou can still buy a 10$ sim card and use a burner phone. Potentially a free VOIP app would work too. It's not super scalable (that's why numbers are spoofed instead) but for a couple calls it'd be no problem.
- XorNot 7y agoI mean in Australia you just can't do this. Burner phones aren't a thing. Prepay is but you have to activate it by providing ID.
- the8472 7y agoAnonymous phone calls have positive uses too, it would be nice to not install more surveillance infrastructure and have less trigger-happy police instead. In other countries cops ring the door and ask if everything is ok after they have received a call.
- dredmorbius 7y agoLegibility need not be global legibility. In a pre-adtech surveillance capitalism world, it was possible to physically enter a location and be known to some but not all. An IFF system that's readable only to friends addresses much this need.
- ryacko 7y agoIf you want anonymity, you should use an unauthenticated system. Telephones should have authentication. Surveillance is orthogonal to the use of authentication, although is a natural consequence of needing to keep tracking of billing records.
- tinus_hn 7y agoThe police can see through basic spoofing like what happens with your spam calls. SWATting is done using throwaway voip connections where you can see the number but it’s worthless.