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> Most of the world has solved the worst of the problem by simply not allowing caller-ID spoofing and by blocking bad actors I live in the Netherlands, and I g
by paulluuk 2mo ago
> Most of the world has solved the worst of the problem by simply not allowing caller-ID spoofing and by blocking bad actors
I live in the Netherlands, and I get several spoofed crypto-scam calls every day. I have also stopped picking up the phone for numbers I don't recognize. My own telephone number has been used to call others for a while, so I would get tons of "sorry I was busy, what did you call about?" return calls from random people when clearly I had not called them at all.
As far as I know, the only reason spoofing is even possible, is so that call centers in other countries can pretend to be calling from a local number, which.. why is that even a feature?
This feels very much like an example of "this should be run by the government" rather than letting this be run by companies.
- account42 2mo agoI'm curious, is that a landline or a mobile number? Because I have two mobile numbers the country to the right of you and have gotten perhaps one marketing/scam call in the last decade. And those numbers have been used for 2FA for plenty of websites so surely must have leaked by now.
- galleywest200 2mo ago> As far as I know, the only reason spoofing is even possible, is so that call centers in other countries can pretend to be calling from a local number, which.. why is that even a feature? It is very common for each individual phone in a call center to have a direct inward dial number, but when they dial out they want the main support contact number to be displayed so you can get routed appropriately and not harass their tech support employee.