Given how shady the whole premium SMS/premium number business is to begin with, it should be made legally simple to refuse all payment on charges to them. eg.

Given how shady the whole premium SMS/premium number business is to begin with, it should be made legally simple to refuse all payment on charges to them. eg. Say you notice you suddenly owe $100 on your phone bill due to a phone app causing charges to your bill (or even just because you gullibly fell for a social engineering attack), you should be able to just refuse to pay with no repercussions other than that the premium provider will be sent a notification that you refused to pay and then may block you via caller id from future use of the service. I doubt this will ever happen since politicians generally don't give a rat's ass about consumers anymore, but it would be nice.