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Perhaps there should be a law similar to the law on the books regarding debt collectors who harass people. $1K fine every time a customer requests and is denied
by MisterBastahrd 4y ago
Perhaps there should be a law similar to the law on the books regarding debt collectors who harass people. $1K fine every time a customer requests and is denied data regarding who supplied the robocaller with their personal information. I was in a traffic accident last year, and I slow-walked getting my car fixed before they informed me that it was actually totaled. Within 3 weeks of purchasing my new vehicle, the robocallers knew that I had a new car and were now calling me regarding the extended warranty of the new car as well as the totaled one.
- dredmorbius 4y agoWho specifically would be actionable / liable here? The warranty provider? Your telco? Peering telco? The data provider? The call centre? How do you find / sue them?
- powerhour 4y agoThe FCC ought to mandate traceability for all calls. Every hop adds their signature to the call and the end user can store and analyze the result. The first hop is the organization you sue. As an aside: you could then easily add carriers or intermediaries to a block list. You could even subscribe to a distributed block list. You could subscribe to an always-allow list that contains hospitals, police stations, and emergency services. It'd be so much better than what we have now.
- dredmorbius 4y agoThanks. That would require some major respecification of PSTN calling standards. That said, yes, something along these lines seems necessary. Even automated curtailment by last-link telcos (e.g., your own telco) based on rejection / complaint rates (e.g., recpients reporting calls as spam) could be A Thing, and are not dissimilar to how email spam management occurs today. Making that the peer's problem incentivises them to clean up their acts.