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Re:FCC will require phone carriers to authenticate calls by ... by throwaway829 on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @07:33PM (#22743983)
> STIR/SHAKEN enables phone companies to verify that the caller ID information transmitted with a call matches the caller’s phone number.

Seems to target spoofing. If they can eliminate spoofing it should make tracking down bad actors easier which should ultimately put many of them out of business.

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Re:FCC will require phone carriers to authenticate calls by ... by mehrdadn on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @07:38PM (#22744032)
I don't think actually tracking down the bad actors is the motivation for this is it? You're still going to be blind to the call behind the originating network; you just won't get attestation as to its identity.
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