Tag: robocall
US Experience Proves You Cannot Authenticate Calls Without Authenticating Customers First
The FCC says it wants KYC but refuses to say what that means in practice.
The Mysterious Case of the Saudi Mobile Operator That Keeps Being Rejected from the US Robocall Mitigation Database
Foreign telcos may try to help the FCC, but the FCC lacks the competence to help itself.
Deutsche Telekom Remains Top Foreign Source of Potentially Illegal Calls that US Traced Back to Origin
Around 1,200 calls were traced by the US authorities during the final quarter of 2023, per the most recent 'transparency' report.
Legal Shenanigans from Insurance Companies Shows Why the USA Is Incapable of Reducing Nuisance Calls
Some of the scummiest abusers of telemarketing have hired expensive lawyers to argue their unwanted robocalls and robotexts are protected by the constitutional right to free speech.
BICS Says It Stopped Over $90mn of Fraudulent Traffic in 2023
The international wholesale carrier identified large rises in the number of robocalls and smishing messages that needed to be blocked.
The Unfixable Flaw with the US Robocall Mitigation Database
Few foreign telcos bothered to update their entries in the FCC's database, despite recent demands.
If Fans of STIR/SHAKEN Want to Restore Trust Then Why Do They Tell Lies?
The preface to an article written by Hugh Bradlow, former CTO of Telstra, contains a brazen falsehood.
Fewer Complaints about Nuisance Calls, but Which Controls Were Responsible?
The US and UK have differing strategies for stopping robocalls but the trends in complaints are remarkably similar.
Brazil Begins Testing End-to-End Validation of Telemarketing Calls
Brazil's big telemarketing businesses are voluntarily working with telcos to show customers who is calling them.
The Robocall Transparency Report They Do Not Want You to Read
The US traceback consortium linked five times as many bad calls to a US originator than to a foreign originator during Q3 2023.
3 Takeaways from the FCC Robocall Report to Congress That You Will Not Read Anywhere Else
The default strategy of the FCC is to impose new rules on legitimate businesses because it cannot enforce old rules for real crooks.
$0 Penalty for Firm That Tricked Victims into Consenting to Robocalls
Response Tree LLC used over 50 deceptive websites to collect data that enabled illegal robocalls, but their $7mn penalty was suspended because they said they could not afford it.
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