If you’re wondering if STIR/SHAKEN was a James Bond reference, the answer is yes, and SHAKEN stands for “Signature-based Handling of Asserted information using toKENs”
Backronym writing is a real gift.
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FCC will require phone carriers to authenticate calls by June 2021 [pdf]
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#12Google Voice impact?
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#13Is this going to impact PBX systems that use ANI Information Elements to route calls and provide caller information to customer service applications, etc? Spoofing is kind of at the heart of those things.
I guess you are not spoofing when you are using your assigned DIDs and not just making up any old number.
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#14Is this going to impact PBX systems that use ANI Information Elements to route calls and provide caller information to customer service applications, etc? Spoofing is kind of at the heart of those things.
ANIs will still get "spoofed" as there are many legitimate use cases, but you have to "have permission" to use the number you're spoofing, meaning either you own the number or your underlying service provider owns it on your behalf.
The legitimate use case is basically: I am placing this outbound call over VOIP or a different phone line, but I want this ANI to show up on the callee's phone, so when they call back they go to the correct line (dentist's desk, software sales line, whatever)
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#15Does this mean I can start answering my phone again? Are there other vectors for spam calling which are not addressed by this solution?
After 15 years of cell phone spam, anything that shows up as a number on my personal phone, and not a contact, is reflexively ignored. I don't think I'll ever shake this habit: if it is important, they will leave a message.
I'm struggling with the decision of whether to automatically block anyone not in my contact list and leave a message in my voicemail explaining why. Don't want to be unfriendly, but it's only getting more ridiculous.
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#16There is something else that recently reduced the spam calls I get, enforcement:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/02/fcc-accuses-carr...
Knowing a number is legitimate is great, going after scammers and those that support them is better.
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#17Does this mean I can start answering my phone again? Are there other vectors for spam calling which are not addressed by this solution?
After 15 years of cell phone spam, anything that shows up as a number on my personal phone, and not a contact, is reflexively ignored. I don't think I'll ever shake this habit: if it is important, they will leave a message.
I've pushed that reflex further : if it's important, the information will find its way to me.
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
After 15 years of cell phone spam, anything that shows up as a number on my personal phone, and not a contact, is reflexively ignored. I don't think I'll ever shake this habit: if it is important, they will leave a message.
I'm struggling with the decision of whether to automatically block anyone not in my contact list and leave a message in my voicemail explaining why. Don't want to be unfriendly, but it's only getting more ridiculous.
Recent versions of Android have an option to automatically screen callers who are not in your contact list. The caller gets a robot asking them why they're calling, and you can view the transcript of their response in real time and decide whether or not to answer.
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
After 15 years of cell phone spam, anything that shows up as a number on my personal phone, and not a contact, is reflexively ignored. I don't think I'll ever shake this habit: if it is important, they will leave a message.
I'm struggling with the decision of whether to automatically block anyone not in my contact list and leave a message in my voicemail explaining why. Don't want to be unfriendly, but it's only getting more ridiculous.
I did this as soon as the iPhone offered it.
It only bit me once in several years - I was expecting a call-back from a doctor and they weren't in my contacts. Missed their call, which caused a several hour delay and some annoyance (thankfully not for something critical).
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#20Will this also prevent spoofed text messages?