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FCC President Ajit Pai talks about strategies to stop Robocalls in a YouTube video.
Credit: FCC / Screen Capture: Brooke Crothers
The Federal Communications Commission is pushing the telecommunications sector to step up its attacks against robotic callers, which could be another tool for consumers.
The FCC knows better than anyone how bad the robocalls crisis is (President of the FCC, Ajit Pai& nbsp; called it a& nbsp; "scourge") simply because of the flood of complaints that the agency receives.
Unsolicited calls are by far the biggest consumer complaint to the FCC, with more than 200,000 complaints each year, or about 60% of all complaints we receive.
– "FCC" Push to Combat "from Robocalls & Spoofing," FCC
Applications are useful but …
And the& nbsp;FCC& nbsp; realizes & nbsp;that applications alone will not cut it.
Spam filters from & nbsp;Verizon& nbsp;AT & T,& nbsp;T Mobile& nbsp;Robokiller& nbsp; and others & nbsp;flush out and block some spam calls and provide tools to confuse spammers. For example, & nbsp;YouMail& nbsp; resumes & nbsp; your phone's voicemail, which can quickly identify and stop many spammers. And & nbsp; Robokiller,& nbsp; besides aggressive filtering, you can & nbsp;torment robocallers & nbsp; with his Answer Bots. & nbsp;
But these are, on a large scale, piecemeal solutions. And apps are not bullet-proof: some spam calls are pbading. In addition, & nbsp; all consumers are not advised to find solutions to combat automated calls. Thus, the US government believes it must intervene to orchestrate a broader solution.
The FCC & nbsp; intervenes
The FCC is behind an initiative called Generic Authentication. Technically, we talk about SHAKEN / STIR * (or STIR / SHAKEN as some call it).
In 2017, the FCC program was set up to combat identity theft of callers (that's & nbsp;when a spammer falsifies the ID of the caller on the screen of your phone to conceal their identity). The FCC describes it as "a reliable authentication system that will help strengthen call blocking services and unmask fraudulent calls."
In November 2018, the FCC Pai "the phone industry to adopt a robust call authentication system."
Now, & nbsp;AT & TComcast, Verizon, T Mobile and others are working on the implementation of SHAKEN / STIR.
At the end of last month, AT & T and Comcast announced a positive result. "Important step" towards authentication of calls later this year. "Customers could soon start seeing verified calls, not just callers using the same provider, but most importantly, other participating providers." both companies said in a statement.
The authentication will also help law enforcement to more easily identify the source of illegal automated calls, according to the FCC.
Other participants understand Charter Communications, & nbsp; Cox Communications, Frontier Communications, & nbsp; Google, & nbsp; Sprint and U.S. Cellular.
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*STIR stands for "Secure Telephone Identity Revisited" and "SHAKEN" for signature-based processing of claimed information with the help of TOKEN.
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FCC President Ajit Pai talks about strategies to stop Robocalls in a YouTube video.
Credit: FCC / Screen Capture: Brooke Crothers
The Federal Communications Commission is pushing the telecommunications sector to step up its attacks against robotic callers, which could be another tool for consumers.
The FCC knows better than anyone how serious the robocalls crisis is (FCC President Ajit Pai "scourge") simply because of the flood of complaints that the agency receives.
Unsolicited calls are by far the biggest consumer complaint to the FCC, with more than 200,000 complaints each year, or about 60% of all complaints we receive.
– "FCC pushes to fight automated calls and identity theft", FCC
Applications are useful but …
And the FCC realized that applications alone will not cut it.
Verizon, AT & T, T-Mobile, Robokiller and other anti-spam filters flush out and block some spam calls and provide tools to confuse spammers. For example, YouMail supports your phone's voicemail, making it effective for quickly identifying and stopping many spammers. And Robokiller, in addition to aggressive filtering, can torment callers with his Answer Bots.
But these are, on a large scale, piecemeal solutions. And apps are not bullet-proof: some spam calls are pbading. In addition, not all consumers are advised to find solutions to combat automated calls. Thus, the US government believes it must intervene to orchestrate a broader solution.
The FCC intervenes
The FCC is behind an initiative called Generic Authentication. Technically, we talk about SHAKEN / STIR * (or STIR / SHAKEN as some call it).
In 2017, the FCC system was put in place to combat identity theft of the caller (ie when a spammer falsifies the person). # 39; Caller ID on the screen of your phone to conceal their identity). The FCC describes it as "a reliable authentication system that will help strengthen call blocking services and unmask spoofed calls."
In November 2018, FCC Pai "asked the phone industry to adopt a robust call authentication system".
Now, AT & T, Comcast, Verizon, T-Mobile and others are working on the implementation of SHAKEN / STIR.
At the end of last month, AT & T and Comcast said they have reached a "milestone" in call authentication later this year. "Customers could soon start seeing verified calls not only from callers using the same provider, but more importantly, from other participating providers," the two companies said in a statement.
The authentication will also help law enforcement to more easily identify the source of illegal automated calls, according to the FCC.
Other attendees include Charter Communications, Cox Communications, Frontier Communications, Google, Sprint and U.S. Cellular.
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*STIR stands for "Secure Telephone Identity Revisited" and "SHAKEN" for signature-based processing of claimed information with the help of TOKEN.
