#phonespam

One policy I've considered for telemarketing / robocalls is bonding. Turns out that California has implemented this (though not quite as I'd envisioned it), and it seems to work. "California Telemarketing Bond" All California telephonic sellers must get licensed with the Attorney General's Office. One of the main requirements to get this license is obtaining a $100,0000 California telemarketing surety bond. This license bond is also sometimes called a solicitor bond. https://www.jwsuretybonds.com/states/california/telemarketing-bond My own proposal is a bit different: Carriers are bonded.Recipients can demand a (stiff) per-call fee.That cost is charged to their carrier, who can then collect it from whatever carrier peered the call. (One variant: the amount increases with upstream, giving carriers an incentive to pursue the penalty against others.)Possibly: a clearinghouse and periodic settlements basis. The clearinghouse could be the bond issuer, and obv., large rates of claims would increase the risk basis on which a bond is issued, increasing costs. Ideally that would drive abusive carriers out of business. Combine with the obligation of downstream carriers to monitor and progressively block upstreams based on total spam volume, and there should be a pretty strong counter-signal to unrestrained telemarketing. #PhoneSpam

What communities / forums discuss #PhoneSpam? I'm looking for serious discussion on telemarketing, robocalls, AI calls, and unsolicited voice or text comms generally. Here on the Fediverse or elsewhere. I'm aware that the #FCC has / has had several recent rulemaking requests for comment. I'm afraid I've missed most such windows. I'd like to know what's being tried, successfully or otherwise, throughout the world. The problem seems severe in the US presently, but I suspect it's growing elsewhere. AI will all but certainly open new avenues for abuse. What hashtags are being used for discussion? Are there any Fediverse groups formed on the topic? Reboosts greatly appreciated. DM if you prefer, though I'd generally appreciate an open thread. #robocalls #telemarketing #vishing #smishing #AISpam

I know it's common advice for people to give out a fake number if they don't want to give their actual one but the fact of the matter is that you don't know whose life you're going to fuck with if you do that. There are so many ways that can go wrong. In my life currently, for example, someone has given my number out for some sort of mortgage purposes so now I'm signed up for a realty/mortgage scam that has been coming in a couple of times a day for the past week. The area code and first three are the same number but the last four are always different. My spam protection blocks the calls but then they go to voicemail and I get the notification sound, usually when I'm trying to sleep. I have yet to find a way to block spam calls from leaving voicemails on my current phone setup. If you must give out a fake number, memorize your local PD's non emergency number and give that. Or your local FBI office. Somewhere that deserves to get spam calls, and not some random person you don't know. Don't mind me, this is my daily "shaking fist at clouds and yelling about my lawn" moment. #Scams #Scammers #PhoneSpam