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In the wake of US President Joe Biden seemingly calling New Hampshire residents to tell them not to vote in the state’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced on the 8th of February that, effecti… Continue reading FCC bans AI-voiced robocalls in wake of ‘Biden’ calls to NH residents
If you’ve answered as many spam calls as I have, you probably hear the warranty scam robocall in your sleep: “We’ve been trying to reach you about your car’s extended …read more Continue reading This Week in Security: Your Car’s Extended Warranty, Seizing the Fediverse, and Arm MTE
Latest episode – listen and learn now (or read and revise, if the written word is your thing)… Continue reading S3 Ep103: Scammers in the Slammer (and other stories) [Audio + Text]
A California company that helps telemarketing firms avoid getting sued for violating a federal law that seeks to curb robocalls has leaked the phone numbers, email addresses and passwords of all its customers, as well as the mobile phone numbers and other data on people who have hired lawyers to go after telemarketers. Continue reading Robocall Legal Advocate Leaks Customer Data
The FCC has given voice carriers until June 2021 to implement technology it says will stop the robocall plague that’s driving us all insane. Continue reading Phone carriers must authenticate calls to fight robocalls, says FCC
US carriers haven’t been doing enough to block robocalls voluntarily. The Federal Communications Commission’s response? Fine – we’ll make you. Continue reading Phone carriers may soon be forced to adopt anti-robocall tech
In episode 107 for February 10th 2020: preventing tax identity theft and other tax scams, the FTC taking a stand against companies that support robocallers, and details on the incident where videos from Google Photos were being sent to strangers. ** Sh… Continue reading Preventing Tax Identity Theft, FTC and Robocallers, Google Photos Incident
It put 19 internet-calling companies on notice that helping illegal robocalls is illegal. It has sued before, and it can do it again. Continue reading FTC warns VoIP providers that help robocallers: we can and will sue
Thank you for supporting and listening to the show this year! Initial data on our download numbers show that we’ve grown our audience by over 40% in 2019! Having said that, if you haven’t listened to our most popular episodes you should def… Continue reading Top 10 Podcast Episodes from 2019
A bill to punish robocallers has finished its passage through Congress and is expected to become law any day now. Continue reading Congress passes anti-robocall bill