FCC will require phone carriers to authenticate calls by June 2021 [pdf]

Re:FCC will require phone carriers to authenticate calls by ... by macintux on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @07:50PM (#22744113)

I’ve been paying for Vonage for 10-15 years now so I can keep my old landline phone number active to give out to businesses. Haven’t had a phone hooked up to it for nearly all that time. Voicemail + transcription works great.

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Re:FCC will require phone carriers to authenticate calls by ... by koolba on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @08:57PM (#22744567)

You can get that for free with a google voice number. If you can’t port directly, the indirect method is to sign up for a PAYGO mobile phone and port your number there as an interim hop.

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Re:FCC will require phone carriers to authenticate calls by ... by macintux on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @10:22PM (#22744978)

I don’t trust Google with my email. Not going to trust them with my voicemail.

(Yes, I know, a significant portion of my email ends up in their hands anyway.)

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