Good news! Lawmakers are taking action against the robocall epidemic and introducing solutions.
On July 17, 2019, the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act (H.R. 3375) passed unanimously (48-0) from the Energy and Commerce Committee to the House of Representatives, where committee members hope it will become law.
Continue reading Stopping Bad Robocalls Act Moves to House Floor“One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them,
One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.”
– J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
Evil forces threatening to grip the world in darkness are nothing new, but they’re still scary. Both the One Ring of Middle-earth and the one-ring scam of this earth have the power to pull people into their destructive orbits.
Continue reading One Ring to Fool Them AllIf you’ve been shaken by fishy phone calls and feel stirred to make them stop, you’re not alone. Government agencies and phone companies are actively working to solve the problem of unwanted calls with SHAKEN/STIR, a call verification system and the focus of the FCC-hosted Robocall Summit on July 11th.
Continue reading Shaken/Stir: FCC Holds Robocall SummitNeed to get in touch with someone but don’t have their phone number? Truecaller Name Search is an easy way to reach out and find a number.
Continue reading Truecaller Name Search: Find Your FriendsRemember the days of “Won’t you be my neighbor?”
Now thanks to call spoofing, you’re probably saying, “Wait, you’re not my neighbor?”
Continue reading Coming to a Neighborhood Near You: Call Spoofing
