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lol, how? The calls aren't coming from places that respect laws, they way that CAN-spam didn't stop spam mails.
by scrame 4y ago
lol, how? The calls aren't coming from places that respect laws, they way that CAN-spam didn't stop spam mails.
- nawgz 4y agoBecause the calls are being enabled by absurdly weak security on the part of the telecoms. You think they can't stop spoofed numbers? They're making money allowing it is all
- WalterSear 4y agoAnd when they aren't, they don't want to spend the money to stop them.
- flangola7 4y agoRequire phone carriers to block networks that consistently send spam calls. This puts pressure on foreign networks to clamp down on the practice.
- SV_BubbleTime 4y agoThis is true, but they’re a lot more email servers that there are telco carriers. So it’s not entirely unwinnable.
- acdha 4y agoThought exercise: a law is passed personally charging the CEO of your phone company $20. How many hours would it take before they’d magically announce that it is in fact technically feasible to block spoofed phone numbers and de-peer the shady VoIP providers who originate most spam? They don’t do this now because it’s more work and they aren’t legally required to do so. The money they get from the spam outfits is greater than the cost, so the phone companies didn’t have an incentive to stop it. Make it uneconomical and that can change very quickly.
- ungamedplayer 4y agoThere are also wiretap laws that sometimes take effect.