FCC chair wants carriers to block robocalls from spoofed numbers

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>
> Date: March 3, 2017 at 1:19:35 PM EST
> To: nnsquad () nnsquad org
> Subject: [ NNSquad ] FCC chair wants carriers to block robocalls from spoofed numbers
>
>
> FCC chair wants carriers to block robocalls from spoofed numbers
>
> https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/03/robocalls-begone-fcc-seeks-to-block-calls-from-spoofed-numbers/
>
>      The proposed rules would let providers "block spoofed
>    robocalls when the spoofed Caller ID can't possibly be valid."
>    Providers would be able to block numbers that aren't valid
>    under the North American Numbering Plan and block valid
>    numbers that haven't been allocated to any phone company.
>    They'd also be able to block valid numbers that have been
>    allocated to a phone company but haven't been assigned to a
>    subscriber.
>
> - - -
>
> Unfortunately, since this would only apply to illegitimate numbers,
> this is likely to be of only extremely limited value.  Robocallers
> have long since learned that spoofed numbers that don't look legit are
> likely to be ignored. So they routinely "borrow" legit numbers of
> legit subscribers to spoof, causing even more hassles for everyone.
> This rule is likely to exacerbate this problem.
>
> --Lauren--



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