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The calls say something like "I, a homeowner, have an armed intruder actively threatening me. Please come save my life." They are not "a criminal has broken int
by HWR_14 3y ago
The calls say something like "I, a homeowner, have an armed intruder actively threatening me. Please come save my life." They are not "a criminal has broken into an empty house across the street". The phone company reports that, yes, it is the homeowner making the call.
- defrost 3y agoAnd? This obliviates any need to verify?
- HWR_14 3y agoYou are hiding in your closet as armed intruders search your home for you. You call the police, who conveniently are driving by with a SWAT team at that moment. The phone company reports, yes, the frantic call is coming from a landline in your house. Please explain what additional steps to verify you would like the SWAT team, the dispatcher, or anyone else to do as the criminals get closer.
- defrost 3y agoGround truth the facts on site before storming the place sight unseen. Obviously. Have you no actual real world experience with emergancy response, industrial accidents, life threatening chemicals, guns, explosives? Have you never had any actual on the job training on response protocols?
- _v7gu 3y agoHow does the phone company verify that the homeowner is making the call when a prankster is calling in reality?
- HWR_14 3y agoThe US phone system has really bad security. It's technically trivial to spoof the phone company. People used to do this frequently to get free long distance calls back when that was a real savings. Imagine the world if pranksters were able to trivially get certificates for Google.com.