Tag: spam
Once More Unto the Breach
A marketing firm boasted about displaying adverts that match what was said in private calls, the Indian regulator wants to reduce P2P spam by hiking prices for heavy users, there was another mass deportation of suspected scammers from Myanmar to China, and a scoundrel attempted to make contact.
Indian Regulator Suggests Increasing the Cost of Calls and P2P SMS to Reduce Spam
TRAI also suggests increased use of honeypots.
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.
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.
Digital Lenders Using Mobile Apps to Invade Privacy and Humiliate Customers
Money lenders extract data about each customer's contacts, then spam the contacts if debts are not repaid on time.
AI Comment Spam Appears on LinkedIn
Do not get too excited by positive comments in response to your social media posts. Those comments may have come from a machine.
Brazil’s Unique Way of Tackling Spam Calls: Commsrisk Show 4
Gustavo Borges and Sami Benakouche of Brazilian regulator Anatel explained the country's radical plan for reducing unwanted calls.
Big US Call Analytics Firms Hiya and TNS Blasted for Conflict of Interest over Incorrect Spam Labels
Numeracle warned the FCC about mislabeled calls but praised the third big call analytics firm, First Orion, for tackling the issue.
Should Phone Numbers Cost More?
The US state of Maine has increased the cost of numbers using their area code to discourage their abuse by spammers.
India to Implement Unified Consumer Consent System for Telemarketing Calls and Messages
Telcos have 2 months to create a digital platform that will let ordinary Indians control which businesses may contact them.
Will AI-Powered Spam Filters Be Forced on Indian Telcos?
TRAI Chairman P. D. Vaghela asked telcos to explore the potential use of artificial intelligence to identify spam.
Embedded SIMs, Blocking URLs in SMS, and FBI Comms Surveillance: Episode 9 of The Commsrisk Show
We spoke with testing expert John Davies of BluGem about mitigating the commercial and security risks surrounding eSIMs.
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