Doesn't the problem stem from anonymous communication is ripe for abuse? Yes, agreed. In my opinion the entire SS7 signalling network would have to be depreca

Doesn't the problem stem from anonymous communication is ripe for abuse? Yes, agreed. In my opinion the entire SS7 signalling network would have to be deprecated by something and 100% decommissioned and / or wireless providers globally would all have be regulated into shutting down all SS7 to mapi gateways to stop texting over SS7 as there is zero security designed into it. Anyone with an SS7 link can spoof their source as anyone. Scammers are not forced to enter via RCS. This doesn't entirely solve the problem but it's a start. Then all wireless providers would have to be regulated into proving the person with a SIM card is who they say they are and SIM jacking would have to be near 100% mitigated. The bureaucracy in wireless providers and caving to lobbying is massive, having worked for one so whilst technically possible I am not sure if this can realistically be done for all wireless providers. Then laws in every country would have to be enforced that induce serious pain for scamming people and provide serious profit motives to law enforcement to track down the scammers. Any country repeatedly not enforcing the laws would need to be isolated from both the SS7 network and the internet entirely. I am not confident that any of this could ever realistically happen but I am grumpy, jaded and probably a little touched in the head. Probably inhaled too many radon daughters.