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Fisher-Price Smartphone Toy Teaches Children To Screen All Calls Assuming It’s Debt Collectors (www.theonion.com)

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[–] aniki@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It is fixed with STIR/SHAKEN. It's up to politicians to force the telcos to implement it.

https://www.fcc.gov/spoofed-robocalls

[–] magnetosphere@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This subtle (but important) distinction is what I’m talking about. STIR/SHAKEN is a plan, but it hasn’t been implemented. Plans are great, but if nobody ever carries them out, their mere existence doesn’t actually fix anything.

[–] aniki@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

The point is, is that nothing is going to get done unless the politicians pass a law that forces them to.