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FCC bars providers for non-compliance with robocall protections

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379 points impish9208 | 1 comments | 25 Aug 25 16:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.205s | source
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coldpie ◴[25 Aug 25 16:14 UTC] No.45015453[source]▶
Good start. Next, put the people running these scam phone providers in jail.
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jacobr1 ◴[25 Aug 25 16:28 UTC] No.45015616[source]▶
How many are based in the US and subject to US-based prosecution?
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coldpie ◴[25 Aug 25 16:33 UTC] No.45015683[source]▶
Why can someone from outside the US make my phone ring? Why can't I opt out of calls sourced internationally? Seems like an easy way to fix the problem. There is no reason for anyone overseas to call me, and if someone US-based does phone spamming, we can prosecute them.
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Bender ◴[25 Aug 25 16:41 UTC] No.45015777[source]▶
Why can someone from outside the US make my phone ring?

There are applications to block international calls but that only helps if the number is not spoofed. People that have SS7 lines into the telco system can spoof as just about any number. I wanted to kill those circuits but my employer at the time said, "they are paying their bills, arent they?". This was in the 90's. I guess the laws are every so slowly starting to catch up.

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1. kube-system ◴[25 Aug 25 23:26 UTC] No.45020455[source]▶
Also, VoIP goes over the Internet and the Internet is international.

Country codes stopped being indicative of location the moment we removed the wires from our telephones.