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This development is a blessing in disguise for people tired of dealing with "decision-makers" giving orders continuously. A tedious authentication step is a go

This development is a blessing in disguise for people tired of dealing with "decision-makers" giving orders continuously. A tedious authentication step is a good speedbump against impulsive CEOs.

comboy 7y ago
We should be able to trust what's displayed as a caller (stolen unlocked smartphone is a different problem). It doesn't seem that hard. It's not rocket science. I don't understand why we don't have that yet.
- close04 7y ago
  That only helps if you're able to recognize that number. Otherwise it's just an equally plausible number to be called from. In this case it's the voice that tricked the person and I'm pretty sure that if your boss calls you and demands something the likelihood to comply is pretty high. Your suspicions about not recognizing the phone number will not even get time to properly form. We need for bosses to understand that this is not the way to request things but to always go through authorized channels which implement better "authentication" processes. This may also dampen their willingness to make "out of band" requests.
  - nwallin 7y ago
    What millennium do you live in that when one of your contacts calls you, the thing that shows up is a number and not the caller's name? That's my biggest pet peeve about Android. (Totally unrelated discussion, sorry) I can't tell it to send all calls that aren't from my contact list directly to voicemail. They're universally spam.
    - close04 7y ago
      The millennium in which my CEO can call me from any phone in the company and I'd be hard pressed to tell if it's legit or not? Or from a phone in another parent or subsidiary in any number of countries that I have basically no chance of recognizing? The simple fact that it's the CEO calling discourages anyone from questioning it because C level executives and senior management have a way of imposing this kind of "absolute authority" in many companies.

This development is a blessing in disguise for people tired of dealing with "decision-makers" giving orders continuously. A tedious authentication step is a good speedbump against impulsive CEOs.

comboy 7y ago

We should be able to trust what's displayed as a caller (stolen unlocked smartphone is a different problem). It doesn't seem that hard. It's not rocket science. I don't understand why we don't have that yet.

close04 7y ago
That only helps if you're able to recognize that number. Otherwise it's just an equally plausible number to be called from. In this case it's the voice that tricked the person and I'm pretty sure that if your boss calls you and demands something the likelihood to comply is pretty high. Your suspicions about not recognizing the phone number will not even get time to properly form. We need for bosses to understand that this is not the way to request things but to always go through authorized channels which implement better "authentication" processes. This may also dampen their willingness to make "out of band" requests.
- nwallin 7y ago
  What millennium do you live in that when one of your contacts calls you, the thing that shows up is a number and not the caller's name? That's my biggest pet peeve about Android. (Totally unrelated discussion, sorry) I can't tell it to send all calls that aren't from my contact list directly to voicemail. They're universally spam.
  - close04 7y ago
    The millennium in which my CEO can call me from any phone in the company and I'd be hard pressed to tell if it's legit or not? Or from a phone in another parent or subsidiary in any number of countries that I have basically no chance of recognizing? The simple fact that it's the CEO calling discourages anyone from questioning it because C level executives and senior management have a way of imposing this kind of "absolute authority" in many companies.