My fellow presenters of The Communications Risk Show, Lee Scargall and Ed Finegold, surprised me at the beginning of our March 29 broadcast by agreeing with everything I said! However, things soon turned more rambunctious as we debated:
- the reasons why scammers are driving radio devices around cities instead of using more conventional methods to transmit SMS messages;
- the legal and regulatory environment surrounding flash calls and whether telcos are permitted to block them;
- if consumers would prefer to be authenticated by flash call instead of receiving one time passwords by SMS; and
- the increasing number of bilateral agreements that say national regulators will share information about spam, but do not promise any real action to reduce it.
David Rogers, Chair of the GSMA Fraud and Security Group, then joined the fray. He spoke about his recent research into security policies adopted by manufacturers of devices connected to the internet of things. David also highlighted the best work being done to improve the safety and privacy of networked consumer devices. He cited examples of legislation that seek to protect consumers from some of the potential downsides of being surrounded by devices that capture information and which could potentially be attacked by a remote hacker. If you missed the live broadcast then watch the recording below.
