The Radar That Hears Your Phone Calls
A growing number of devices use radio waves in the mmWave band, making it easier to adapt this technology for nefarious purposes.
A growing number of devices use radio waves in the mmWave band, making it easier to adapt this technology for nefarious purposes.
Businesses like Whatsapp are intentionally using the A-number of calls that are not connected as a free mechanism for passing data to apps on a user’s phone.
We need joined-up thinking to solve problems that cross borders and cause harm to ordinary people everywhere. Joined-up solutions start with a common understanding of problems we face.
US telecoms fraud can be so convoluted that just describing the crime gives you a headache.
There are so many Commsrisk articles about nuisance calling and Cold War 2 that each topic deserves a separate category.
Roy Cox was never made to pay a USD1.1mn penalty for past violations but is now blamed for 3.5% of all US robocalls since 2018.
A leading Canadian telco failed emergency services, banks and retailers as well as phone users, but the cost of the backlash is likely to be far worse than just the revenues lost and compensation paid.
The new i3forum-RAG survey of international wholesale fraud showed widespread dissatisfaction with regulatory frameworks.
Other governments should also seek to learn from Tanzanian policies that backfired.
One billion bad calls were ‘authenticated’ during June by systems which were supposed to protect Americans from bad calls.