#robocalls — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #robocalls, aggregated by home.social.
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Gizmodo: FCC Attempts to Solve Robocall Problem by Potentially Creating Even Bigger Privacy Problem. “Among other sweeping changes, the era of the burner phone could end with the rollout of new ‘Know Your Customer’ rules voted on by the FCC on April 30, as noted by the blog of the D.C. telecom law firm Wiley Rein. Customers would, according to the proposed rules, have to present a government […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/13/gizmodo-fcc-attempts-to-solve-robocall-problem-by-potentially-creating-even-bigger-privacy-problem/ -
Gizmodo: FCC Attempts to Solve Robocall Problem by Potentially Creating Even Bigger Privacy Problem. “Among other sweeping changes, the era of the burner phone could end with the rollout of new ‘Know Your Customer’ rules voted on by the FCC on April 30, as noted by the blog of the D.C. telecom law firm Wiley Rein. Customers would, according to the proposed rules, have to present a government […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/13/gizmodo-fcc-attempts-to-solve-robocall-problem-by-potentially-creating-even-bigger-privacy-problem/ -
Gizmodo: FCC Attempts to Solve Robocall Problem by Potentially Creating Even Bigger Privacy Problem. “Among other sweeping changes, the era of the burner phone could end with the rollout of new ‘Know Your Customer’ rules voted on by the FCC on April 30, as noted by the blog of the D.C. telecom law firm Wiley Rein. Customers would, according to the proposed rules, have to present a government […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/13/gizmodo-fcc-attempts-to-solve-robocall-problem-by-potentially-creating-even-bigger-privacy-problem/ -
Gizmodo: FCC Attempts to Solve Robocall Problem by Potentially Creating Even Bigger Privacy Problem. “Among other sweeping changes, the era of the burner phone could end with the rollout of new ‘Know Your Customer’ rules voted on by the FCC on April 30, as noted by the blog of the D.C. telecom law firm Wiley Rein. Customers would, according to the proposed rules, have to present a government […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/13/gizmodo-fcc-attempts-to-solve-robocall-problem-by-potentially-creating-even-bigger-privacy-problem/ -
Gizmodo: FCC Attempts to Solve Robocall Problem by Potentially Creating Even Bigger Privacy Problem. “Among other sweeping changes, the era of the burner phone could end with the rollout of new ‘Know Your Customer’ rules voted on by the FCC on April 30, as noted by the blog of the D.C. telecom law firm Wiley Rein. Customers would, according to the proposed rules, have to present a government […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/13/gizmodo-fcc-attempts-to-solve-robocall-problem-by-potentially-creating-even-bigger-privacy-problem/ -
The #FCC proposed requiring #telecomproviders to verify #customers’ #identities before activating service to combat #robocalls. This would involve collecting government-issued ID, physical address, legal name, and existing phone numbers, potentially impacting the anonymity of prepaid phone services. https://reclaimthenet.org/the-fcc-wants-your-id-before-you-get-a-phone-number?eicker.news #tech #media #news
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The #FCC proposed requiring #telecomproviders to verify #customers’ #identities before activating service to combat #robocalls. This would involve collecting government-issued ID, physical address, legal name, and existing phone numbers, potentially impacting the anonymity of prepaid phone services. https://reclaimthenet.org/the-fcc-wants-your-id-before-you-get-a-phone-number?eicker.news #tech #media #news
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The #FCC proposed requiring #telecomproviders to verify #customers’ #identities before activating service to combat #robocalls. This would involve collecting government-issued ID, physical address, legal name, and existing phone numbers, potentially impacting the anonymity of prepaid phone services. https://reclaimthenet.org/the-fcc-wants-your-id-before-you-get-a-phone-number?eicker.news #tech #media #news
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The #FCC proposed requiring #telecomproviders to verify #customers’ #identities before activating service to combat #robocalls. This would involve collecting government-issued ID, physical address, legal name, and existing phone numbers, potentially impacting the anonymity of prepaid phone services. https://reclaimthenet.org/the-fcc-wants-your-id-before-you-get-a-phone-number?eicker.news #tech #media #news
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The #FCC proposed requiring #telecomproviders to verify #customers’ #identities before activating service to combat #robocalls. This would involve collecting government-issued ID, physical address, legal name, and existing phone numbers, potentially impacting the anonymity of prepaid phone services. https://reclaimthenet.org/the-fcc-wants-your-id-before-you-get-a-phone-number?eicker.news #tech #media #news
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Everybody hates #robocalls. But, despite tech reporting being willing to give the #FCC leeway, this new measure is not to stop robocalls, it won’t do a damn thing to stop robocalls. What it does is make burner phones illegal.
Burners are an integral part of many social justice actions. Protestors use them to record #ICE and other #cops. We include them in “Go Bags” to let abused women and children escape. They allow for anonymity.
They are a thorn in the side of the panopticon, and they are moving to eliminate them.
Stock up kids.
https://mashable.com/article/fcc-proposes-to-battle-spam-calls-at-the-expense-of-privacy-protections
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Everybody hates #robocalls. But, despite tech reporting being willing to give the #FCC leeway, this new measure is not to stop robocalls, it won’t do a damn thing to stop robocalls. What it does is make burner phones illegal.
Burners are an integral part of many social justice actions. Protestors use them to record #ICE and other #cops. We include them in “Go Bags” to let abused women and children escape. They allow for anonymity.
They are a thorn in the side of the panopticon, and they are moving to eliminate them.
Stock up kids.
https://mashable.com/article/fcc-proposes-to-battle-spam-calls-at-the-expense-of-privacy-protections
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Everybody hates #robocalls. But, despite tech reporting being willing to give the #FCC leeway, this new measure is not to stop robocalls, it won’t do a damn thing to stop robocalls. What it does is make burner phones illegal.
Burners are an integral part of many social justice actions. Protestors use them to record #ICE and other #cops. We include them in “Go Bags” to let abused women and children escape. They allow for anonymity.
They are a thorn in the side of the panopticon, and they are moving to eliminate them.
Stock up kids.
https://mashable.com/article/fcc-proposes-to-battle-spam-calls-at-the-expense-of-privacy-protections
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Everybody hates #robocalls. But, despite tech reporting being willing to give the #FCC leeway, this new measure is not to stop robocalls, it won’t do a damn thing to stop robocalls. What it does is make burner phones illegal.
Burners are an integral part of many social justice actions. Protestors use them to record #ICE and other #cops. We include them in “Go Bags” to let abused women and children escape. They allow for anonymity.
They are a thorn in the side of the panopticon, and they are moving to eliminate them.
Stock up kids.
https://mashable.com/article/fcc-proposes-to-battle-spam-calls-at-the-expense-of-privacy-protections
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Everybody hates #robocalls. But, despite tech reporting being willing to give the #FCC leeway, this new measure is not to stop robocalls, it won’t do a damn thing to stop robocalls. What it does is make burner phones illegal.
Burners are an integral part of many social justice actions. Protestors use them to record #ICE and other #cops. We include them in “Go Bags” to let abused women and children escape. They allow for anonymity.
They are a thorn in the side of the panopticon, and they are moving to eliminate them.
Stock up kids.
https://mashable.com/article/fcc-proposes-to-battle-spam-calls-at-the-expense-of-privacy-protections
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The #FCC Wants Your #ID Before You Get a #PhoneNumber
The era of the #anonymous phone number could be ending…FCC unanimously approved a proposal requiring telecom providers to verify customers’ identities before activating service
Gov-issued ID, physical address, legal name, & existing phone numbers would all be included. The stated goal is stopping #robocalls. The result would be an ID-verification regime covering one of the last semi-anonymous #communication tools
https://reclaimthenet.org/the-fcc-wants-your-id-before-you-get-a-phone-number
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CyberScoop: FCC removes 1,200 voice providers from telephone networks in major robocall crackdown. “The Federal Communications Commission announced Monday it has blocked more than 1,200 voice service providers from having access to the country’s phone network for failing to comply with anti-robocall regulations, marking the agency’s largest enforcement action against companies that […]
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CyberScoop: FCC removes 1,200 voice providers from telephone networks in major robocall crackdown. “The Federal Communications Commission announced Monday it has blocked more than 1,200 voice service providers from having access to the country’s phone network for failing to comply with anti-robocall regulations, marking the agency’s largest enforcement action against companies that […]
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Another solution to phone spam occurs:
The first time a call is made to a new number, the telco intercepts that call and requires a (random, 3--4 digit) code be entered.
Humans would be able to enter that code readily. Robocalls ... not so much.
But wait, there's more!
The connecting telco knows where that call comes from in terms of the connecting network. It's either a local origin (on the same network), or remote. Which means that the telco can monitor the acceptance rate for calls coming through.
The telco can, and should, also solicit feedback from the call recipient of whether or not the call was spam.
Networks which exceed some reasonable threshold for spam call volume would be denied access to the recipient's network for some period of time. I'm a fan of exponential backoff. So, for the first phone spam threshold reached, access is denied for 1 minute. If further spam is received within 4x that interval, it's doubled (2 minutes, 8 minute window), and again 4/16, 8/32, 16/64, 32/128, 64/256, 128/512; 256, 512, 1024. With 11 spams, the denial is > 1 day. 13x is a week, 15x is a year.
Originating networks would be strongly encouraged to clean up their acts.
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Another solution to phone spam occurs:
The first time a call is made to a new number, the telco intercepts that call and requires a (random, 3--4 digit) code be entered.
Humans would be able to enter that code readily. Robocalls ... not so much.
But wait, there's more!
The connecting telco knows where that call comes from in terms of the connecting network. It's either a local origin (on the same network), or remote. Which means that the telco can monitor the acceptance rate for calls coming through.
The telco can, and should, also solicit feedback from the call recipient of whether or not the call was spam.
Networks which exceed some reasonable threshold for spam call volume would be denied access to the recipient's network for some period of time. I'm a fan of exponential backoff. So, for the first phone spam threshold reached, access is denied for 1 minute. If further spam is received within 4x that interval, it's doubled (2 minutes, 8 minute window), and again 4/16, 8/32, 16/64, 32/128, 64/256, 128/512; 256, 512, 1024. With 11 spams, the denial is > 1 day. 13x is a week, 15x is a year.
Originating networks would be strongly encouraged to clean up their acts.
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Another solution to phone spam occurs:
The first time a call is made to a new number, the telco intercepts that call and requires a (random, 3--4 digit) code be entered.
Humans would be able to enter that code readily. Robocalls ... not so much.
But wait, there's more!
The connecting telco knows where that call comes from in terms of the connecting network. It's either a local origin (on the same network), or remote. Which means that the telco can monitor the acceptance rate for calls coming through.
The telco can, and should, also solicit feedback from the call recipient of whether or not the call was spam.
Networks which exceed some reasonable threshold for spam call volume would be denied access to the recipient's network for some period of time. I'm a fan of exponential backoff. So, for the first phone spam threshold reached, access is denied for 1 minute. If further spam is received within 4x that interval, it's doubled (2 minutes, 8 minute window), and again 4/16, 8/32, 16/64, 32/128, 64/256, 128/512; 256, 512, 1024. With 11 spams, the denial is > 1 day. 13x is a week, 15x is a year.
Originating networks would be strongly encouraged to clean up their acts.
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Another solution to phone spam occurs:
The first time a call is made to a new number, the telco intercepts that call and requires a (random, 3--4 digit) code be entered.
Humans would be able to enter that code readily. Robocalls ... not so much.
But wait, there's more!
The connecting telco knows where that call comes from in terms of the connecting network. It's either a local origin (on the same network), or remote. Which means that the telco can monitor the acceptance rate for calls coming through.
The telco can, and should, also solicit feedback from the call recipient of whether or not the call was spam.
Networks which exceed some reasonable threshold for spam call volume would be denied access to the recipient's network for some period of time. I'm a fan of exponential backoff. So, for the first phone spam threshold reached, access is denied for 1 minute. If further spam is received within 4x that interval, it's doubled (2 minutes, 8 minute window), and again 4/16, 8/32, 16/64, 32/128, 64/256, 128/512; 256, 512, 1024. With 11 spams, the denial is > 1 day. 13x is a week, 15x is a year.
Originating networks would be strongly encouraged to clean up their acts.
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Another solution to phone spam occurs:
The first time a call is made to a new number, the telco intercepts that call and requires a (random, 3--4 digit) code be entered.
Humans would be able to enter that code readily. Robocalls ... not so much.
But wait, there's more!
The connecting telco knows where that call comes from in terms of the connecting network. It's either a local origin (on the same network), or remote. Which means that the telco can monitor the acceptance rate for calls coming through.
The telco can, and should, also solicit feedback from the call recipient of whether or not the call was spam.
Networks which exceed some reasonable threshold for spam call volume would be denied access to the recipient's network for some period of time. I'm a fan of exponential backoff. So, for the first phone spam threshold reached, access is denied for 1 minute. If further spam is received within 4x that interval, it's doubled (2 minutes, 8 minute window), and again 4/16, 8/32, 16/64, 32/128, 64/256, 128/512; 256, 512, 1024. With 11 spams, the denial is > 1 day. 13x is a week, 15x is a year.
Originating networks would be strongly encouraged to clean up their acts.
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The FCC is trying to reach you about your car’s extended warranty.
#PhoneSpam #spam #robocalls https://www.engadget.com/fcc-issues-record-300-million-fine-for-auto-warranty-robocallers-171431348.html?src=rss
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If you ever wondered who was trying to reach you about your car’s extended warranty, it sounds like it was probably these guys.
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If you ever wondered who was trying to reach you about your car’s extended warranty, it sounds like it was probably these guys.
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If you ever wondered who was trying to reach you about your car’s extended warranty, it sounds like it was probably these guys.
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If you ever wondered who was trying to reach you about your car’s extended warranty, it sounds like it was probably these guys.
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If I could disable phone calls on my phone, I would.
For each legitimate call I get five spam calls.
My block list is a kilometre long.
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If I could disable phone calls on my phone, I would.
For each legitimate call I get five spam calls.
My block list is a kilometre long.
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If I could disable phone calls on my phone, I would.
For each legitimate call I get five spam calls.
My block list is a kilometre long.
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If I could disable phone calls on my phone, I would.
For each legitimate call I get five spam calls.
My block list is a kilometre long.
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Right-wing activists Jacob #Wohl and Jack #Burkman’s #robocalls targeting Black voters violated the Voting Rights Act and Ku Klux Klan Act — and the question isn’t close enough to require a jury, a federal judge ruled.
The Court recognizes that the free exchange of ideas on issues of public concern and the ability to engage in robust political discussion constitute the foundations of a democratic society,” Senior U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero wrote in a 111-page order on Wednesday.
Marrero nonetheless found that the evidence “establishes that the neighborhoods that Defendants targeted were not accidental or random,” finding that a reasonable jury couldn’t escape the conclusion that the pair wanted to “deny the right to vote specifically to Black voters.”
The ruling spells victory without a trial for The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation ( #NCBCP ), a civil rights group that sued Wohl and Burkman in the Southern District of New York before the 2020 presidential election.