FCC strengthens rules, looking for public comment on others

The next thing the FCC is tackling is the spam texts we get. While I’ve reported some to Apple, and got another text asking if it was someone else, I know that other texts are more dangerous.

I quit responding when they said that their assistant gave them the wrong number, mainly as I posted earlier, i was out, and didn’t want to text all day with someone who didn’t contact me through my web site(s) for something.

The article is titled FCC orders phone companies to block scam text messages.

I hope that they actually have some teeth and actually enforce the rules they’re proposing.

I get that some companies can’t do the Shaken and Stir protocol, and we shouldn’t punish those companies. But how exactly do we go ahead and make sure that the calls get authenticated? The FCC proposes that we pass the authentication to the next carrior that can authenticate.

I’m not sure if the text messaging system works the same way or not, but i guess we still have a bunch to learn.

The TSB podcast did cover the SMS system to a point, but some of it is very very detailed and we didn’t cover that.

The FCC is a United States entity, so I’d be curious from those readers outside the United States whether you have something similar in your country to deal with robocall and texts, or whether you don’t.

I’ve been toying to get Robokiller, but have procrastinated that decision just because I get calls that are not in my contacts that come from phone banks of businesses like my doctor’s office or the complex in which I live.

We’ll see how this goes!