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<span style="font-size:20px;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;line-height:110%">OPLIN 4Cast #640: Dispatches from the robocall war</span><br>
<span style="font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-style:italic;font-family:arial">April 3rd, 2019</span></p>
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A month ago, FCC Chairman <a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/02/ajit-pai-orders-phone-companies-to-adopt-new-anti-robocall-tech-in-2019/" target="_blank">Ajit Pai ordered phone companies to implement anti-robocall technologies</a> or face regulatory action. Most carriers have responded by implementing <a href="https://transnexus.com/whitepapers/understanding-stir-shaken/" target="_blank">STIR and SHAKEN</a>, protocols which use digital certificates to verify that that the calling number is accurate and not "<a href="https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/spoofing-and-caller-id" target="_blank">neighbor spoofing</a>." Here's some news about carrier progress, as well an interesting story of how one robocalling kingpin was ultimately tracked down.
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</li><li style="text-align:justify;font-size:16px;font-family:arial;line-height:110%"><a href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/03/att-and-comcast-claim-anti-robocalling-milestone-with-new-caller-id-tech/" target="_blank">AT&T and Comcast claim “anti-robocalling milestone” with new Caller ID tech</a> [<em>Ars Technica</em>] "Caller ID authentication could ultimately help improve robocall-blocking systems, but the AT&T/Comcast announcement didn't actually promise new blocking capabilities. Caller ID authentication will let phone customers know when a call is coming from a verified number, however." <br></li>
<li style="text-align:justify;font-size:16px;font-family:arial;line-height:110%"><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/28/18285643/verizon-spam-calls-robocalls-blocking-identifying-service" target="_blank">Verizon launches free service for identifying and blocking spam calls</a> [<em>The Verge</em>] "A free layer of defense against spam is something that Verizon’s millions of customers have lacked until now, despite T-Mobile and other carriers already offering it. Until now, Call Filter was only available for an extra charge."</li>
<li style="text-align:justify;font-size:16px;font-family:arial;line-height:110%"><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/27/ftc-smacks-down-robocallers-but-the-penalties-dont-match-their-heinous-crimes/" target="_blank">FTC smacks down robocallers, but the penalties don't match their heinous crimes</a> [<em>TechCrunch</em>] "Although the cases resulted in judgments totaling some 24 million dollars, the actual amount the scammers will end up paying will end up closer to $3-4 million." </li>
<li style="text-align:justify;font-size:16px;font-family:arial;line-height:110%"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/on-the-trail-of-the-robocall-king/" target="_blank">On the Trail of the Robocall King</a> [<em>Wired</em>] "An investigator set out to discover the source of one scammy robocall. Turns out, his target made them by the millions."<br></li>
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<p style="text-align:left;font-size:20px;font-family:arial;line-height:110%"><small><strong><em>From the <a href="http://ohioweblibrary.org" target="_blank">Ohio Web Library</a>:</em></strong></small><br>
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<li>Blanco, Octavio. “<a href="https://proxy.oplin.org:2111/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f5h&AN=135408463&site=ehost-live" target="_blank">Mad About Robocalls?</a>” <em>Consumer Reports</em>, vol. 84, no. 5, May 2019, p. 22. </li>
<li>Hammond, Brian. “<a href="https://proxy.oplin.org:2111/login.aspx?direct=true&db=buh&AN=124860604&site=ehost-live" target="_blank">Caller ID Authentication Proposal Draws Widespread Support</a>.” <em>Telecommunications Reports</em>, vol. 83, no. 17, Sept. 2017, pp. 11–13. </li>
<li> “<a href="https://proxy.oplin.org:2111/login.aspx?direct=true&db=buh&AN=130249493&site=ehost-live" target="_blank">Lawmakers Consider Holding Robocall Witness in Contempt</a>.” <em>Telecommunications Reports</em>, vol. 84, no. 9, Apr. 2018, pp. 4–7. </li>
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