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> These operations have to be sponsored by the state at this scale. I'd argue that one such state is the U.S. Congress could pretty trivially order that carri
by CoastalCoder 4y ago
> These operations have to be sponsored by the state at this scale.
I'd argue that one such state is the U.S.
Congress could pretty trivially order that carriers give each customer a choice about what kinds of spoofed / unreliable-origin calls to let through.
E.g.: For calls originating (inside | outside) the U.S.: (allow-all | allow-whitelist-only | allow-only-when-presenting-callee-issued-passcode | etc.)
But Congress doesn't do this.
This isn't exactly Congress sponsoring this behavior, but I suspect there's some bribery and/or unsavory lobbying going on.
- ChrisMarshallNY 4y ago> But Congress doesn't do this. My own thesis, is because politicians, and PACs, use robocalls extensively. They don't want you blocking their junk calls.
- dragonwriter 4y ago> My own thesis, is because politicians, and PACs, use robocalls extensively. I doubt it, its easy enough for them to just exempt their own calls (which, incidentally, they do from existing Do-Not-Call rules.)