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It's not as easy as it sounds. The POTS network was not built with this sort of authentication in mind. Though every major carrier has converted to all-digital
by kbolino 3y ago
It's not as easy as it sounds. The POTS network was not built with this sort of authentication in mind. Though every major carrier has converted to all-digital backhaul (which still leaves a number of last-mile exceptions here and there), every evolutionary step was built around backwards compatibility. What was never there can't be magicked into existence, though of course it can be strongly encouraged with incentives.
Even though mobile-to-mobile and VoIP-to-VoIP calls carry subscriber information under the hood, other call pathways don't or require translation of the information. STIR/SHAKEN are designed to carry this information end-to-end but the need for backwards compatibility and the usual slowness of cross-vendor cooperation leave some gaps.
- chrisjj 3y ago> It's not as easy as it sounds. It is. Stop Caller ID.
- kbolino 3y agoPlenty of identifiers can be spoofed (email addresses, for example). This doesn't mean they are not useful. 911 operators for example can use caller ID to locate someone who couldn't disclose their identity or was disconnected too early. Getting rid of something useful just because it doesn't work perfectly is dumb. It's replacing infrastructure maintenance and improvement with demolition.