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Yea, that’ll teach them. Now they have to tell you when they utterly fail to protect you. Just as hard hitting as making robovoices illegal rather than requiri
by happytiger 3y ago
Yea, that’ll teach them. Now they have to tell you when they utterly fail to protect you.
Just as hard hitting as making robovoices illegal rather than requiring providers to end spam calls on their networks effectively.
https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-makes-ai-generated-voices-robocalls-illegal#:~:text=The%20FCC%20announced%20the%20unanimous,Consumer%20Protection%20Act%20(TCPA) https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-makes-ai-generated-voices-r....
Bear in mind this is the TOP consumer complaint. And they have done basically a minor law change to clarify that the law still applies, and that it’s definitely still illegal. Uh, but they haven’t addressed the problem or fixed it in any substantive way.
Such a tough FCC.
I will say that Jessica Rosenworcel is an angel compared to Ajit “Screw Consumers ITB As Much As Possible” Pai. I miss that guy like a hemmeroid. I’m sure he’s enjoying his job as a partner at the private-equity firm Searchlight Capital where he is now seeking to “close the gap” on the broadband failures he was largely responsible for expanding for several years.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/searchlight-capital-bets-on-universal-broadband-11632481201 https://www.wsj.com/articles/searchlight-capital-bets-on-uni...
It’s amazing. The FCC seems to be either very bad at their job or completely 0wn3d by the revolving door of private industry.
- drtz 3y ago> Such a tough FCC. I had the same thought: this is "tough?" No fines for failing to protect your data? No additional requirements for data security? They just have to tell you when the screwed up. sigh
- happytiger 3y agoYea. This is failure masquerading as improvement as far as I can honestly tell. The idea that someone thought it was a good idea to put out a press release or whatever is a little baffling. It should read, “FCC once again fails to substantively improve the lives of consumers OR address data breaches and the loss of consumer data by countless companies.” Its baffling. But it’s still better than the TSA. ;)
- RajT88 3y agoOnce upon a time the FCC had a reputation as the "Benevolent Dictator" (at least when I once worked for an ISP). No longer.
- KRAKRISMOTT 3y agoThey need to carry identity theft insurance for sim swapping and other similar attacks, or if a rogue employee misuses the data (very common considering that they probably have tens of thousands of front line staff with access to customer data).