Those annoying robocalls aren't going to stop today. But they could slow down soon

[IronLionZion]

https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/02/tech/robocall-prevention-stir-shaken/index.html

New York (CNN Business)The scourge of obnoxious robocalls has resumed after a brief dip during the early months of the pandemic. But a new prevention program developed by the Federal Communications Commission — which officially went into effect this week — could begin to offer some relief later this year.

The program, called "Stir/Shaken," is a set of technical standards that mobile carriers are required to adopt to help prevent call "spoofing," a tactic used by robocallers to make an incoming call look like it's from your area code so you're more likely to pick up. Robocalls from spoofed numbers aren't just an annoyance, they're dangerous — capable of scamming people out of money or sensitive personal information such as Social Security numbers.

Under the Stir/Shaken protocol, carriers are required to certify, with varying confidence levels, that calls really are coming from the numbers displayed on caller ID. The deadline for most big carriers to implement the standards was Wednesday and the major carriers have all said they've signed on.

The idea is this: When your wireless carrier processes an inbound call that doesn't have a certification letting it know the number is legitimate, the carrier will be able to block it before your phone ever starts ringing.
"While there is no silver bullet in the endless fight against scammers, Stir/Shaken will turbo-charge many of the tools we use in our fight against robocalls," FCC acting chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said in a statement Wednesday.

This is one of my favorite parts of Biden's campaign platform that didn't get as much attention because of higher priority stuff.

[Bristlecone]

1. FYI - This work was in progress before Biden

My company is part of the initiative and development.

[uponit7771]

3. Carriers were able to block and certified numbers before it wasn't the ability it was willingness to

... do so.

What is changing now in regards to robocalls that will make the carriers lock uncertified numbers getting to customers?

[Bristlecone]

5. Not sure if that is a rhetorical question or not

The date for carriers to comply with the mandate has struck.

You may have received calls from your Mobile provider that say “Scam Likely” recently. That is this. It’s not just inbound calls. It’s certifying and “vouching” for a customer’s CID (as a carrier) for outbound traffic as well.

https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-362932A1.pdf

[IronLionZion]

11. It felt like Ajit Pai's FCC was deliberately slowing down implementation

Good stuff. Glad it's moving forward

[Hugin]

2. This alone would get me to vote for someone.

I have noticed a significant reduction recently.

I can almost get through a conference call without the phone ringing.

[uponit7771]

4. +1

[underpants]

6. I currently have 18 warranty extensions on my car

If anything happens I’ll be sitting pretty

[mahatmakanejeeves]

9. "Captain, I'm receiving a message on a subspace frequency."

[underpants]

10. 😆

[Wicked Blue]

13. Excellent! nt

[Treefrog]

16. That made me actually laugh out loud!

[Hugin]

15. I have warranty extensions on cars I don't even own.

Beat that!

(this whole sub thread is precious. lol. )

[underpants]

19. That's hard to beat

It’s like janitors insurance

[IronLionZion]

17. Nancy has had enough

[jimfields33]

7. I've gotten six today on the cell phone

Thank goodness it goes to my spam….phone automatically does this. Still a pain to hear the ring a few times.

[FakeNoose]

8. Yes I'm getting way fewer spam calls this week

I've been careful to block all numbers from spam callers for the last 2 or 3 years. The robo-dialers have a way of spoofing their caller ID and using numbers that look like they're local. But of course they aren't local, they're using the internet and calling from Asia.

Suddenly this week, it's been much quieter on my landline.

[Wicked Blue]

12. We unplugged our home phone last week

because the constant spam calls were driving us crazy. Particularly the "800 Service" ones.

My husband works at home, so he's plagued by bogus calls on his cell phone as well as the voip phone. These time-wasting distractions need to be outlawed, and the perpetrators imprisoned.

If the call is important, they can leave a message.

The peace and quiet is such a relief.

[spooky3]

14. They are outlawed, but the callers don't care. Many

are calling from other countries and believe nothing will happen to them. And even if domestic, the Do Not Call line gets so many reports of illegal calls, that their staff is inadequate to go after many of them.

[kimbutgar]

18. I just had 2 this morning

Every friggin day now and it started on my cell phone also. I block them on both lines.