Why the "Do Not Call" list doesn't work, and you're getting more robocalls than ever. cc: Druff

[PLOL]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifes...92a_story.html

Cliffs: The Do Not Call list doesn't do much to stop robocalls. This is because there's plenty of people willing to just break the law, and it's very hard to catch them. The DNC list doesn't actually block numbers from being called, telemarketers are just supposed to police themselves. And if somebody calls you and you're on the DNC list, you can file a complaint. But that's unlikely to do anything. Most robo-callers are using spoofed numbers, so you don't actually know who's calling you. But even if you did, all the FTC can do is slap them with a huge fine ($11,000 per unauthorized call). But if the robocaller doesn't have the means to pay... oh well. In 2009 the FTC dished out $330 million in penalties for companies that broke Do Not Call rules. But they only collected $19 million. The rest were smaller operations that just folded their operations, a new operation popped up doing the same thing.

There needs to be stricter penalties for calling somebody on the Do Not Call list repeatedly, including jail time. Not just 'fines', which do nothing.

[sonatine]

i havent read the article because i dont need the liberal jew media to tell me what the bible already did, but if you really want to resolve this issue, you need to address the ability to spoof phone numbers.

as long as that exists, there can be no meaningful regulation.

we either need to eliminate that loophole or literally flatten every inch of india with the cumulative might of the developed worlds conventional weapons, and we need to do it at night when they are all napping off their evening rapes so as few as possible escape.

[wrenchjockey]

My wife and I are constantly getting numbers that have the same area code and exchange as our numbers (both are different) and the last 4 digits are close to ours. If you try to call them back, you get a regular person that's completely clueless their number is being used for robocalling. I'm sure there's not much that can be done because how do you trace that shit?

[ErickAA]

I just don't answer any phone call from a number I don't recognize.

[Muck Ficon]

I just don't answer any phone call from a number I don't recognize.

[The_Lurker]

I just don't answer any phone call from a number I don't recognize.

This is not a solution if you do business on your cell phone.

[PLOL]

I just don't answer any phone call from a number I don't recognize.

This is not a solution if you do business on your cell phone.

Yep, the article talked about what a problem it is for businesses that need their phone line open. I think eventually technology will be able to fix this, in the same way that Gmail has almost completely done away with email spam.

[Dan Druff]

Some guy wrote about all of this a few years ago:

http://toddwitteles.net/todd-witteles/?p=1

[OSA]

This is not a solution if you do business on your cell phone.

Yep, the article talked about what a problem it is for businesses that need their phone line open. I think eventually technology will be able to fix this, in the same way that Gmail has almost completely done away with email spam.

Nah. Small businesses should still get solicited. Someone has to pay for my opulent meals that I am accustomed to eating after crushing quota

[splitthis]

I just don't answer any phone call from a number I don't recognize.

A loud siren horn played next to phone receiver stops most from calling back.

[sonatine]

I just don't answer any phone call from a number I don't recognize.

A loud siren horn played next to phone receiver stops most from calling back.

No it doesnt.

[wrenchjockey]

Yeah, most robocalls want you to press or say something to be connected to the fucks on the other end. It's all computer until then.

[cmoney]

i havent read the article because i dont need the liberal jew media to tell me what the bible already did, but if you really want to resolve this issue, you need to address the ability to spoof phone numbers.

as long as that exists, there can be no meaningful regulation.

we either need to eliminate that loophole or literally flatten every inch of india with the cumulative might of the developed worlds conventional weapons, and we need to do it at night when they are all napping off their evening rapes so as few as possible escape.

I am not sure why some regulation cant be made so that phone numbers are like IP addresses so there is some way to track it back to the source. If you had this, you could have "spam" filters as well that auto block the incoming calls. Basically, you cant have a number, or cant use that number to contact someone, without some verification that it is tied to a physical location.

It is getting super annoying and there seems to be a relatively easy fix to it all.

[sonatine]

i havent read the article because i dont need the liberal jew media to tell me what the bible already did, but if you really want to resolve this issue, you need to address the ability to spoof phone numbers.

as long as that exists, there can be no meaningful regulation.

we either need to eliminate that loophole or literally flatten every inch of india with the cumulative might of the developed worlds conventional weapons, and we need to do it at night when they are all napping off their evening rapes so as few as possible escape.

I am not sure why some regulation cant be made so that phone numbers are like IP addresses so there is some way to track it back to the source. If you had this, you could have "spam" filters as well that auto block the incoming calls. Basically, you cant have a number, or cant use that number to contact someone, without some verification that it is tied to a physical location.

It is getting super annoying and there seems to be a relatively easy fix to it all.

if memory serves, this all become super exploitable around the time we broke away from pure copper infrastructure and started to deal with like, virtual IPX systems and so on, and no one wanted to deal with the issue then because it would have created huge headaches, but yeah i feel like enough is enough at this point, someone needs to sanity check this shit.