The Web Security White House seeks to cryptographically verify Biden videos to mitigate deepfake risks Is it real, or just malarkey? By James Miller, February 11, 2024, 1:20 PM 20 comments
AI Tech Culture FCC aims to outlaw AI voices in robocalls after fake Biden message "AI-generated voice cloning and images are already sowing confusion" By Rob Thubron, February 2, 2024, 6:55 AM 14 comments
AI Tech Culture They warned you: Someone allegedly used a politician's cloned voice to interfere with an election It will most assuredly not be the last time this happens By Cal Jeffrey, January 23, 2024, 3:13 PM 13 comments
Industry Mobile Fly-by-night telecoms seem to be giving the FCC the finger over its "robocall mitigation" mandate The Commission warned them 20 months ago but just now decided to crack down By Cal Jeffrey, October 18, 2023, 4:14 PM
Industry Banned robocallers receive record-breaking $300 million fine for auto-warranty scam enterprise Beats the previous record of $225 million By Cal Jeffrey, August 3, 2023, 4:34 PM 14 comments
AI Software Man designs ChatGPT bot subscription service to annoy and waste telemarketers' time Sweet revenge for about $2 per month By Cal Jeffrey, June 30, 2023, 3:11 PM 24 comments
Tech Culture Industry Avid Telecom sued by multistate task force for making billions of unauthorized robocalls The company sent more than 7 billion messages to users on the National Do Not Call Registry By Jimmy Pezzone, May 27, 2023, 1:05 PM 14 comments
Tech Culture Industry All 50 states attorneys general promise litigation against telecom companies facilitating robocalls Task force formed to help give current US legislation more teeth By Cal Jeffrey, August 4, 2022, 2:23 PM 11 comments
The Web Hackers created a robocaller to waste Russian officials time and you can listen in on the calls "If youʼre on the phone, you canʼt drop bombs or coordinate soldiers" By Cal Jeffrey, May 18, 2022, 2:02 PM 21 comments
Industry FCC goes easy on a robocaller by proposing slap-on-the-wrist fine of $45 million It seems light for over 500,000 nuisance calls By Cal Jeffrey, February 21, 2022, 7:25 PM 10 comments
Mobile The FCC wants to protect consumers against ringless voicemail Spammers can leave voicemails without ringing your phone By Shawn Knight, February 2, 2022, 3:29 PM
Mobile Tech Culture Phone scammers have swindled Americans out of nearly $30 billion over the past 12 months A simple rule of thumb; if you don't recognize the number, don't answer it By Shawn Knight, August 6, 2021, 12:12 PM 17 comments
Mobile Google Google added audible caller ID screening to its Phone app Stop grabbing your phone every time it rings By Cal Jeffrey, May 17, 2021, 1:49 PM
Mobile T-Mobile joins the war on robocalls with Scam Shield mobile app Automatic call blocking, caller ID, phone number proxy, and more By Cal Jeffrey, July 16, 2020, 4:49 PM
Industry FCC proposes 'record' $225 million fine for misleading robocalls It's the largest proposed fine in FCC history By Cohen Coberly, June 10, 2020, 6:03 AM 10 comments
Mobile Phone carriers must have STIR/SHAKEN framework implemented by mid-2021 It's official: FCC passed mandate to get call authentication in place by all providers By Cal Jeffrey, March 31, 2020, 4:44 PM
Mobile FCC to vote on rules mandating mobile carriers authenticate calls It is no longer asking By Cal Jeffrey, March 6, 2020, 5:25 PM 13 comments
Industry DoNotPay launches Robo Revenge to help consumers sue robocallers Settlements could be worth up to $3,000 if the company happens to be based in the US By Cal Jeffrey, February 13, 2020, 4:29 PM 11 comments
Mobile Google Google's automated call screening feature arrives on the Pixel 1, 2 and 3 Call Screen is no longer exclusive to the Pixel 4 By Cohen Coberly, February 6, 2020, 4:18 PM
Industry Anti-robocall TRACED Act has been signed into law Those illegally using automated calling and number spoofing face harsher penalties By Cal Jeffrey, January 1, 2020, 1:48 PM 9 comments
Industry Mobile AT&T will display a green check mark for 'valid' incoming calls on select Android devices AT&T is taking steps to fight robocalls By Cohen Coberly, December 18, 2019, 3:46 PM
Google Mobile Google Fi will soon label shady calls as 'suspected spam' Another mobile carrier joins the fight against spam By Cohen Coberly, December 10, 2019, 4:41 PM
Apple Security Apple drops the ball implementing SHAKEN/STIR framework in iOS 13 Call verification is there, but it is utterly useless By Cal Jeffrey, September 20, 2019, 3:40 PM
Mobile Industry AT&T and T-Mobile start rolling out cross-network call verification An implementation of the SHAKEN / STIR standard By Shawn Knight, August 14, 2019, 9:42 AM
Industry FCC bans international robocalls and automated text messages with fake caller IDs The FCC can bring 'enforcement action' against bad actors By Cohen Coberly, August 2, 2019, 3:57 PM 14 comments