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FCC bars providers for non-compliance with robocall protections

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379 points impish9208 | 2 comments | 25 Aug 25 16:06 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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godelski ◴[25 Aug 25 18:18 UTC] No.45017040[source]▶
On a side note, today and yesterday I've been bombarded with spam calls. Even got one while writing this comment. All of which have my same area code, which is for a location I haven't live at for over 15 years. No voice mail, nothing. It's not even this bad around election time.

Btw, if you haven't already, you can sign up for the FCC's Do Not Call list[0]. While obviously this isn't going to solve everything, it does make it illegal for legitimate companies to call you. Absent this incident, it did appear to have a significant effect in reducing spam calls when I signed up years ago. Also, here's some info about junk mail[1]. It costs about $6 and lasts 10 years.

[0] https://www.donotcall.gov/index.html

[1] https://consumer.ftc.gov/how-stop-junk-mail

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1. thrtythreeforty ◴[25 Aug 25 20:29 UTC] No.45018607[source]▶
I have an app on Android called SpamBlocker. I added a regex rule to deny any call from my area code - like you, I haven't lived there for a long time. I'd 100% recommend this approach.
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2. zfnmxt ◴[26 Aug 25 01:30 UTC] No.45021244[source]▶
I also did exactly this and do not receive any spam calls anymore.