Top Lawyer Says Indian Takeover of US Anti-Spam SMS Registry Is Threat to National Security
Should Tata be denied control of The Campaign Registry, a US body that manages which A2P messages are allowed?
Telcos, Regulators and Nonprofits Commit to Global Online Meeting on Call Validation
The One Consortium wants to solve problems caused by CLI spoofing without creating new problems through inconsistent national rules.
French President Macron Promises National Scam Block for SMS and Email
The pledge to implement a filter of malicious links was stated on Emmanuel Macron’s official LinkedIn account.
Elon Musk Has Radical Solution for A2P SMS Fraud: Twitter Turns Off 2-Factor Authentication by SMS
Comms providers will fear other businesses may follow Twitter’s lead by telling users to adopt different modes of authentication.
Elon Musk Says Twitter Lost $60mn a Year Because 390 Telcos Used Bot Accounts to Pump A2P SMS
Twitter accounts were created solely to generate revenue for telcos from two-factor authentication SMS messages.
Why Massive Political Bias in Email Spam Algorithms Is Problematic for Free Speech More Generally
Academics at North Carolina State University proved Google, Microsoft and Yahoo have biased email filters.
Another Bad US Proposal Wants More Punishment for Telcos Instead of Punishing Robocallers
The FCC wastes time on bad data from biased lobbyists when the universal answer to crime is to punish the criminals responsible.
Why Not Spam the Phishers?
Opinions about how to respond to a crime change according to the frequency of that crime.
Ghana’s Telcos Collectively Block 28,000 SIMs in Common Bid to Stop Mobile Money Fraud
Tricky fraudsters deliberately misspell their messages in the hope of evading automated filters.
Three UK Blocks up to 5.8mn SMS Texts Each Month
Darren Purkis, CFO at Three UK, also said ‘bigger attacks’ like Flubot had sometimes led to even more messages being blocked.