Phone companies must now block carriers that didn’t meet FCC robocall deadline

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/09/expanded-robocall-blocking-has-begun-but-there-are-still-too-many-loopholes/

by nobody9999 • 5 years ago

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nobody9999• 5 years ago

I knew that STIR/SHAKEN was required to be implemented in June, but I've actually been receiving more spam/scam calls since then.

It will be interesting to see if this actually makes a difference.

icedchai• 5 years ago

It won't make a difference. So STIR/SHAKEN prevents caller ID spoofing... Spammers/scammers can still get "legit" numbers and scam from them. It costs about 50 cents/month for a DID.

28698367• 5 years ago

I have moved to allow-list only and have all notifications turned off. Anyone who wants to talk on the phone will need to arrange a time in advance through some other means.

There was a time in which people were not reachable by voice any time and anywhere. That was fine.

simion3142• 5 years ago

But what if something unusual happens, for example if something happens with my son phone I instructed him to ask a friend to call me (we wrote my number down)... I think as always the problem needs to be solved at it's root and not with some hack that fails in some important cases.

MathMonkeyMan2• 5 years ago

I don't have kids, but I always thought 911 or a law firm were good substitutes for 24/7 on call for a caretaker.

mindslight• 5 years ago

I set up greylisting and it works great. First call from an unknown number gets SIT and "Please try this call again", second call goes through. Spammers don't call back, real people do.

edit: I'm running Asterisk. The initial implementation was for a landline, so I used a landline->SIP gateway and a rejected call would still ring the phone once (this way it would fail gracefully). I've since transitioned the landline to VOIP so all calls go through Asterisk. My mobile number is on Gvoice so I haven't bothered, but it would be straightforward to have Asterisk police those as well since I've got an OBI200 Gvoice->SIP adapter.

Phone companies must now block carriers that didn’t meet FCC robocall deadline

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