FTC Obtains Telemarketing Injunctions against Recidivist Do Not Call Violators Jasjit “Jay” Gotra and His Company, Alliance Security Inc. Defendants responsible for more than one million illegal calls August 14, 2019 https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/pre...rketing-injunctions-against-recidivist-do-not
Why so-long? Government moves as fast a maple on a frozen day, and this is just one company out of thousands. Just like; so many people have to be killed in a intersection before a signal is installed.
Report: FTC, FCC Squabbled About Who Is Responsible for Cracking Down on VoIP Robocalls August 18, 2019 https://gizmodo.com/report-ftc-fcc-squabbled-about-who-is-responsible-for-1837351272
Tuesday, August 20, 2019 Telemarketer Sentenced to Prison in Connection with $10 Million International Fraudulent Sweepstakes Scheme
US phone carriers make empty, unenforceable promises to fight robocalls https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy...ty-unenforceable-promises-to-fight-robocalls/
Cable industry fights plan to require robocall-detection technology NCTA opposes strict deadline on rollout of SHAKEN/STIR Caller ID authentication August 27, 2019 https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy...lan-to-require-robocall-detection-technology/
Telstra blocks 2.9m scam calls in one month September 12, 2019 https://www.itnews.com.au/news/telstra-blocks-29m-scam-calls-in-one-month-530924
My solution was to install an Ooma Telo which provides very inexpensive VOIP service, and program the device to only allow numbers in the contacts list to ring through. All other calls go directly to voicemail without ringing the phones. This has provided an enormous relief from the daily barrage of spam calls.
Apple drops the ball implementing SHAKEN/STIR framework in iOS 13 Call verification is there, but it is utterly useless September 20, 2019 https://www.techspot.com/news/81997-apple-drops-ball-implementing-shakenstir-framework-ios-13.html
FTC Releases FY 2019 National Do Not Call Registry Data Book October 17, 2019 https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/pre...-2019-national-do-not-call-registry-data-book
GoDaddy partners with Hiya to target billions of unwanted robocalls with new spam filter feature October 22, 2019 https://www.geekwire.com/2019/godad...s-unwanted-robocalls-new-spam-filter-feature/ Hiya: GoDaddy SmartLine Users Now Have Protection From Spam Calls With Hiya
It is getting so bad that I have gotten no less that a half a dozen calls from my own phone number so far this week. Can't very well block your own phone number.
They don't "want" these calls to go away entirely. 5.7 billion calls is a lot of money. And someone is making it.
I tend to agree. Gave my phone company some very stern words a few months back about this nonsense and we might have had just one call since, so what does that tell you.
Spam calls grew 18% in 2019 December 3, 2019 https://techcrunch.com/2019/12/03/truecaller-spam-call-robocall-report-2019/
A man called a telecom company 24,000 times to complain. Now he's been arrested December 5, 2019 https://edition.cnn.com/2019/12/04/...4000-complaint-calls-intl-hnk-scli/index.html
Court Halts Operations of VoIP Service Provider after the FTC and Ohio Alleged that it Helped Promote Credit Card Interest Reduction Scheme First FTC case against a VoIP service provider under the Telemarketing Sales Rule December 5, 2019 https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/pre...erations-voip-service-provider-after-ftc-ohio
Google Fi will warn you about spam calls A defense against annoying robocalls December 10, 2019 https://www.engadget.com/2019/12/10/google-fi-spam-calls/