If the tech is so simple to find/use to make these SCAM/fraudulent calls - then it is equally possible that telecommunications companies could implement protections AGAINST said technology.
And since they apparently are doing NOTHING to prevent this abuse - I hold the telecommunications companies EQUALLY at fault as co-conspirators.
They would have to completely change the protocol and replace all existing phones. Right now, the number is sent by the phone.
This could be fixed by FCC regulation: Faked phone numbers not allowed, telcomms to be held responsible.
“since they apparently are doing NOTHING to prevent this abuse - I hold the telecommunications companies EQUALLY at fault as co-conspirators.”
They are selling our numbers to the bastards or the bastards are using their service.
The telco does LOTS to prevent abuse. And the scammers find a new way to abuse. It’s an arms race. Which we’re losing because the telco does nothing for free.
Phone companies make money off telemarketers. The telemarketers make a million phone calls versus the few that we make. Guess why nothing gets done to stop this.
A candidate who promises to execute telemarketers will win in the greatest landslide in history.
And since they apparently are doing NOTHING to prevent this abuse - I hold the telecommunications companies EQUALLY at fault as co-conspirators.
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I worked for Sprint and Cincy Bell , they all cheat ,, for decades they allowed collection of scam 3rd party billing on landlines for services that were not ordered.