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FCC bars providers for non-compliance with robocall protections

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379 points impish9208 | 3 comments | 25 Aug 25 16:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.2s | source
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msgodel ◴[25 Aug 25 16:52 UTC] No.45015906[source]▶
Just kill the phone. It's a terrible anachronism. If you insist on voice you can attach an ogg/mp3 file to your email.
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1. nativeit ◴[25 Aug 25 17:22 UTC] No.45016291[source]▶
I'm not one of the people down-voting this, I'm inclined to sort of agree with you. Where you lost me was attaching files to an email. Are you really suggesting this solution has fewer problems than telephones?
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2. ratelimitsteve ◴[25 Aug 25 17:46 UTC] No.45016581[source]▶
I'm here for the explanation as to how attached voice clips are equivalent to real time two-way voice communication
3. unsignedint ◴[25 Aug 25 17:46 UTC] No.45016585[source]▶
Well, isn’t that essentially what voicemail is? We already have a mechanism to send voices as files—it’s just that not all voicemail systems deliver them in that format.

It wouldn’t solve everything, but considering how many scammers rely on real-time urgency in their calls, shifting phone communication toward asynchronous messages could actually help. It would undercut that pressure tactic, and it would also make record-keeping much easier.