BrikoXM to Interesting Global NewsEnglish · 1 year agoFCC closing loophole that gave robocallers easy access to US phone numbersarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up176arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up175arrow-down1external-linkFCC closing loophole that gave robocallers easy access to US phone numbersarstechnica.comBrikoXM to Interesting Global NewsEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square3fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
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minus-squareJordan Lund@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 year agoYou’d think it should be easy: Is the call coming into the US from a foreign exchange? Does the caller ID indicate a local US area code? If both are true, block the call.
minus-squarejmcs@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoBut then how will Russian troll farms’ call centers help the Republicans?
You’d think it should be easy:
Is the call coming into the US from a foreign exchange?
Does the caller ID indicate a local US area code?
If both are true, block the call.
But then how will Russian troll farms’ call centers help the Republicans?