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The sheer volume of the vehicle warranty center calls blows my mind. How is the FTC not all over this?
by exabrial 6y ago
The sheer volume of the vehicle warranty center calls blows my mind. How is the FTC not all over this?
- mbushey 6y agoI get three of these calls a day. They probably bought Ajit Pai a Big Mac and collectively fantasized how awesome it will be.
- javagram 6y agoPai did try to push companies to adopt authenticated calls voluntarily. His hand was forced by congress later on https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/04/ajit-pai-follows-congress-instructions-requires-new-anti-robocall-tech/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/04/ajit-pai-follows... I guess in theory at some point this year everyone will have gotten on board by the deadline and the telcos can start providing more technical options to stomp out the calls.
- jjeaff 6y agoOne reason seems to be that the calls seem to be made by fly-by-night call centers and are selling as 3rd party affiliates of otherwise "legitimate" companies. I use quotes around legitimate because they really aren't legitimate. But they work enough at arm's length to the crooked call centers that they manage to avoid getting shut down. This is very common practice in a lot of scams now. I think we need some new legislation requiring the vetting of affiliates that bring in more than X dollars.