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Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months ago

FCC passed an anti-robocall proposal requiring telecoms, including VoIP providers, to verify user identities before activating service

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FCC passed an anti-robocall proposal requiring telecoms, including VoIP providers, to verify user identities before activating service

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Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months ago

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The FCC Wants Your ID Before You Get a Phone Number

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The FCC just proposed fixing your robocall problem by building the kind of phone-user registry that privacy advocates have spent decades trying to prevent.

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Oh, thanks! I never even heard of them.

I will invstigate. Sounds kinda promising from my skim of the site.

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