But in the past five years, I have received so much call spam that I just don't answer my phone anymore. Imagine that, the primary use of a phone and it's all cocked up.
Imagine what happens to imessages if they leave it open.
Sounds like iMessage spam is already a problem (if another poster in this thread is to be believed).
Since I'm on Android, I'm stuck using SMS a lot, since most people I know have iPhones. I do get some SMS spam, but not a ton, and most of it is auto-flagged and I never see it.
> Blame the cretins that spam people.
SMS and voice call spam is actually a solved problem, but carriers have been dragging their feet implementing the solutions (and have lobbied the US government to give them more time). Killing spam does not require our devices to be locked down. Carriers deserve some blame here too.
But I don't really care about blame, I care about outcomes. Blaming spammers isn't going to fix anything. Forcing carriers to implement the required technical measures to stamp out spam... that could actually work.
> Forcing carriers to implement the required technical measures to stamp out spam... that could actually work.
Another desperately needed measure is enabling law enforcement to actually fight spam at the root: follow the money. When the spammers can't monetize their spam, they won't have any incentive to spam and scam.
Uncooperative countries (e.g. India, just look Mark Rober's Youtube series where he and a bunch of associates track down and prank scam call centers or Turkey which is the German equivalent) should be sanctioned until they are compliant. Letting spammers, scammers and hackers operate in a foreign country unimpeded should be considered an act of war.
Forcing carriers or anyone to implement technological measures (remember the idea to charge people .5 cents to send out emails?) is a worthwhile effort but it's at the core a band-aid at best and the only thing it achieves is to marginally drive up the cost and complexity of service for everyone else while the scammers simply find workarounds.
But in the past five years, I have received so much call spam that I just don't answer my phone anymore. Imagine that, the primary use of a phone and it's all cocked up.
Imagine what happens to imessages if they leave it open.
Blame the cretins that spam people.