Re:FCC will require phone carriers to authenticate calls by ...
by yellow_lead on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @07:49PM
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Some carriers may have the ability to limit calls to customers based on attestation level. Customer could configure they only want to receive i.e "A" attested calls. This means the carrier from where the call originated knows that the customer who made the call owns the number they dialed from.
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Re:FCC will require phone carriers to authenticate calls by ...
by mehrdadn on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @07:53PM
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Right, but I guess I'm asking, are plans for this in the works? Because currently I'm not aware of anything like this, nor of any plans to implement anything like this. None of the announcements suggest it might be happening either, so that's why I'm lost as to what the end-user experience would be.
Re:FCC will require phone carriers to authenticate calls by ...
by yellow_lead on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @07:58PM
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I can only speak for one carrier, and the answer as of this moment is no. Pretty much everyone is struggling to meet the FCCs aggressive timelines and do interoperability testing with each other. After that is done, maybe. I'm sure the FCC has upcoming requirements based on this, but to my knowledge those aren't out yet. If the FCC doesn't make additional requirements, then it will depend on the carrier's decision. I'm under the assumption that they will introduce those additional requirements though.