FCC hopes to shut down robocallers by publishing numbers weekly
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/10/fcc-hopes-to-shut-down-robocallers-by-publishing-numbers-weekly/
The spreadsheet, published as a downloadable CSV file, contains
numbers reported through informal consumer complaints. "Consumer
complaints to the FCC are a vital tool in the agency's work," a
statement by the FCC said. "Complaints about unwanted calls and
texts are by far the largest complaint category to the agency,
with over 215,000 complaints last year." The Commission added
that it does not verify all the facts in the complaints that it
receives.
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Not verifying the numbers opens up a range of abuses, and since the bad
guys usually use caller ID spoofing to change their numbers this will
likely be largely useless for its intended purpose.
--Lauren--
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