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FCC closing loophole that gave robocallers easy access to US phone numbers (arstechnica.com)
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[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If only the phone system in the US, like the rest of the modern world, had robust authentication. It’s all a bit hacked together, much like the solution.

[–] USSEthernet@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago

I've been saying for years now that providers should try converting to cert based auth. You get issued a cert with a private key from the provider. You are the only one who can use that number and authenticate to the network with that number.