Nuisance & Spam
Will India’s Telecoms Regulator Compete with Private Sector Caller Identity Apps?
Indians suffer many scam calls but TRAI Chairman PD Vaghela wants to leverage data obtained when users register a new SIM.
Phone App Buys P2P SMS Allowances from Consumers to Reuse for A2P SMS
Simcash tells users their phone will relay one time passwords and similar A2P messages but consumer reviews suggest that is false.
UK Adopts New Rules to Stop CLI Spoofing but Not STIR/SHAKEN
Like other countries, the UK is taking an Australian-style approach to nuisance calls in preference to the faltering strategy of the USA.
The Lightning Review of Every Method Currently Proposed for Authenticating Phone Calls
We need groups like the Global Solutions Council to seek a working consensus on how to make international phone calls safe.
Robocall Surge Gives USA Worst Month for Nuisance Calls Since STIR/SHAKEN Became Mandatory
The YouMail Robocall Index counted 5.5 billion robocalls in October, enough for every American to receive 16 unwanted calls each.
7 Steps to Understanding the Paradox at the Heart of STIR/SHAKEN
There is no point in adding signatures to calls unless you also plan to use them to drive bad actors out of the telecoms ecosystem.
Voice Spam Will Soon Be as Bad as Email Spam
Do not be surprised if customers start abandoning the use of phone numbers to exclusively rely on OTT voice services instead.
American Bankers Association Shows Why US Robocall Strategy Will Never Work
You can fire Americans, hire replacements somewhere cheaper, and disguise where they are, but eventually somebody pays a price.
Not a Silver Bullet? How STIR/SHAKEN Is Sold to International Markets
Do we want real solutions to the problem of spoofed robocalls? Or do we want sales propaganda followed by excuses for failure?
US and EU Regulators Sign Robocall Agreement, but Only the US Says It Covers Robocalls
More is revealed by the differences in press releases issued by BEREC and the FCC than by their smiles for the cameras.
14 Times Americans Were Told the Number of Robocalls Would Fall
The success of STIR/SHAKEN has lain just over the horizon for four years in a row.
US Records Worst Month for Robocalls Since Adoption of STIR/SHAKEN
The results on the graph would have been compared to the target if anybody had set a target.
The Commsrisk Global Fraud Dashboard
Our Global Fraud Dashboard uses AI-powered search to collate, update and visualize data about scams and other network abuses from around the world. New charts are added each month. See it here.
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