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The FCC is cracking down on 'auto warranty' robocalls

by ikeboy on 7/23/22, 4:24 PM with 9 comments

  • by metadat on 7/23/22, 6:26 PM

    One big question still remains open:

    > Why can't they crack down on all robocalls? It's become a persistent (or at least seasonal) annoyance.

    Very harmful to the utility of the entire phone system.

    It's still the wild west today, like pre-gmail email. The private sector mostly solved email spam more than 20 years ago. The fact that phone spam is still happening means something isn't working right in telco land.

    And no, I don't want to pay a [super offensive] recurring extra monthly fee to the duopoly mafia that is AT&T and Verizon in order to stop or "fight" the spam calls. The duopolists are already receiving a substantial amount of money every month from each subscriber!

    The current state of affairs is upsetting.

    p.s.

    This has been posted multiple times this week:

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32194227 2 comments

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32187228 1 comment

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32186971 1 comment

    Glad to see it finally maybe catching some attention!

  • by binkHN on 7/23/22, 4:55 PM

    I've gotten these calls for years. What's different about this this time and why won't it simply continue by some other pseudo-groups or entities in the future?

  • by r4cec4r on 7/23/22, 5:02 PM

    Purely anecdotal but I've had some success answering these calls and asking to be put on their do not call list. There was one that called me multiples times per day for weeks and left 30 second voicemails each time. I ignored them thinking at some point they'd give up or think the number wasn't active but the calls kept coming. It wasn't until I actually answered one and told them not to call me anymore that the calls stopped. It seems like the general advice is to ignore these calls but anecdotally I've never found that strategy to work.

  • by unstatusthequo on 7/23/22, 5:39 PM

    Use the DoNotPay feature to give them a fake card and then DNP files a complaint. Get paid. Easy