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It is bad news for the US citizens indeed. Unauthenticated phone number is the last island of privacy in our modern world. Think about it: from some point all c
by negus 7y ago
It is bad news for the US citizens indeed.
Unauthenticated phone number is the last island of privacy in our modern world.
Think about it: from some point all citizens will carry a geolocation tracking device that is directly linked with their ID. The internet access will also be bound to your ID and so on.
There are better ways to fight spam that do not pose a treat to privacy -- think about email or Facebook. There were tons of spammers, but there are commercial spam filters that do well now.
I live in a country where cellphone carriers are legally forced to authenticate users. And this data is used against political opposition and journalists.
- VectorLock 7y agoDoes this mandate do that? It seems like it just enforcing STIR/SHAKEN to prevent spoofed numbers. It doesn't, at least from what I can see, mandate any tying of identity to number. Your 7-11 burner phone and prepaid AT&T number should be fine.
- jeremyjh 7y agoNo. Per TFA: STIR/SHAKEN enables phone companies to verify that the caller ID information transmitted with a call matches the caller’s phone number.
- negus 7y agoWell, I misunderstood the point. Thanks for the clarification
- beervirus 7y agoNo one except robocallers uses this “feature” anyway.