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I don't understand why the FTC wants to pursue technological solutions to this problem. Instead, why not let the jail times of the officers of the companies as
by politician 14y ago
I don't understand why the FTC wants to pursue technological solutions to this problem. Instead, why not let the jail times of the officers of the companies associated with these scams scale with the number of complaints received?
If they're taking payments, there's even a handy money trail.
If they're operating outside of US jurisdiction, freeze their bank accounts just like we do to Iran.
Bottom line: it should not be possible for these companies to collect payments, and their officers should receive mandatory jail time.
- wpietri 14y agoCatching and prosecuting a criminal is an awful lot of work, so there will always be a lag between crime and punishment. Most criminals aren't making good cost/benefit tradeoff decisions, so as long as they can get a quick taste of money doing something dubious, some of them will scale up. I'm also in favor of mandatory jail time for serious offenders, but mere punishment hasn't stamped out most other kinds of crime, and probably won't stamp out this one, either.
- politician 14y agoThese calls are being generated by relatively few robocallers who are collecting money and have service provided by phone companies which track and meter every minute. This is a significantly different environment from online email spammers who can hide behind bot nets, open relays, and don't take payments directly. Instead, robocallers appear to operate in a near perfect knowledge environment for prosecutors (with the will to act).
- wpietri 14y agoThat's definitely not correct. You should watch the Robocall Summit videos. All parties agree that it's a giant pain in the ass tracing both calls and people right now.