Tag: international STIR
This Jurisdiction Issue Makes International Traceback Useless
If there has to be legal permission to get traceback data from the entire route then traceback can easily be defeated, even if there is blanket permission from the originating and terminating countries.
US Regulator Considers Mandatory Call Validation for Non-IP Networks
After five years of hoping that US telcos would upgrade all networks to IP, the FCC is contemplating a long overdue reversal of its consumer protection policy.
GSMA Call Check vs STIR/SHAKEN: Explaining the Two Competing Models for Validating Caller ID Worldwide
The launch of GSMA Call Check has clarified a fundamental and binary choice for all countries, regulators and telcos.
What Happened Whilst Commsrisk Was Away?
A clever innovation that will reduce smishing in India, a potentially huge development in the way China will tackle Asian scam compounds, another US robocall failure dressed up as success, and an arrest with serious implications in France.
First Look at CHAKEN: The Chinese Rival to STIR/SHAKEN with Personal Avatars and Video ID
China borrowed concepts from the US approach to call validation then added steroids and a turbocharger.
China Adopts Rival Caller Identification Standard to STIR/SHAKEN
Huawei, ZTE, Samsung and three of the world's biggest telcos were involved in the creation of the new standard, which is set to be implemented by November 1.
Yet More Disinformation Spread about STIR/SHAKEN and the UK
Spot the difference between an English and a French article written by the same author, and both published after the UK regulator rejected the US standards for call validation.
UK Rejects STIR/SHAKEN; US Plan to Control Global Caller ID Now Dead
Respondents to a public consultation identified such severe flaws with the anti-spoofing protocols that the UK regulator had to abandon its previous support.
When Fighting Scams, Why Do We Trust US Multinationals More than Impartial Academics?
US firms control the global governance of STIR/SHAKEN. We should pursue a UK alternative that prioritizes the public good over profits.
Ireland Rejects STIR/SHAKEN; Regulator Proposes Comprehensive Anti-Scam Plan
Comreg has recommended a series of common sense methods to stop scam calls and texts. Other regulators should copy it.
Robocalls and Call Authentication: Commsrisk Show Episode 12
Three of the world's leading experts offered contrasting explanations of how to reduce unwanted and illegal robocalls.
Will Germany Reject STIR/SHAKEN?
US supporters of a one-size-fits-all approach to authenticating voice calls face the twin obstacles of German culture and trials of a rival technology by Deutsche Telekom.
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