More proof that Bert does not read the articles he comments on...
The Nomorobo app was highlighted in the article.
Even more amazing is that Bert failed to turn this into a Net Neutrality issue,
even after i gave him the bait to do so...
I guess he forgot about the dust up in India, where the local authorities
wanted to force Apple to offer an APP that reports robo call abuses to the
regulators.
I guess the ultimate solution is almost upon us. Just Say No to the phone!
The “addicted” teenagers gave up using the phone feature long ago - you can’t
carry on a conversation during the teachers lecture - that’s what SMS, MMS and
iMessage are for. And no worries about actually learning a language...
Emojis are more expressive than words...
Besides, words only get people in trouble. Just ask Trump.
Regards
Craig
On Jan 12, 2018, at 10:09 PM, Manfredi, Albert E
<albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
John Shutt wrote:
It would be easier to pass a law preventing 'spoofing' of caller ID, which
telecom companies could easily enforce, and that would go a long way
towards enforcing the 'do not call' list.
Probably so. I see some of the spam calls coming from phone numbers that are
seemingly right next door, as in, same area code and same three prefix digits
as my own land line. If that sort of thing were not permitted, filters would
work better. By the way, the technique of checking back to see if the source
address is valid is a technique used in Internet security. One name for it is
"reverse path forwarding." Mail servers, routers, security gateways, etc.,
can use such techniques, and block any packets where the check fails.
Your suggestion of a private filter already exists. I have Xfinity home
phone service, and Comcast offers a service called Nomorobo
[www.nomorobo.com] that automatically screens all incoming calls and
compares them to a continuously updated list of robocall numbers. 99% of
the time my home phone will ring once, then stop.
That's pretty cool. Although some unsolicited calls are manual and some even
"legitimate," so a true white list would be even more drastic. Of course,
you'd also miss some phone calls that might have been appreciated!
Bert
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