An apparent joke from the FCC: New "action" on blocking robocalls
FCC chief proposes steps to halt robocalls, encourage carriers to offer blocking technology http://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2015/05/27/fcc-takes-aim-at-annoying-telemarketing-calls The head of the Federal Communications Commission circulated a proposal Wednesday designed to close loopholes, reaffirm current anti-robocall rules, and encourage wireless and wireline carriers to do more to fight against unwanted telemarketing calls and spam text messages to consumers. A key part of the plan: clearing up any confusion over whether the phone carriers can offer blocking services -- so-called robo-blocking technology that could help people stop the unwanted calls. - - - This has gotta be a JOKE from the FCC. Utterly meaningless pablum. Because without a TOTAL redesign of the Caller ID system, there's nothing the carriers or anyone else can do to block most of these calls. The vast majority of the most annoying robocalls come in with rapidly changing spoofed, false caller IDs, often routed in complex ways through VoIP networks and other countries. This is an FCC PR stunt, trying to cover up for how it permitted Caller ID technology to run (predictably) out of control. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com _______________________________________________ pfir mailing list http://lists.pfir.org/mailman/listinfo/pfir
