FCC proposes $10 Million fine for spoofed robocalls

Thu Dec 19 21:59:00 UTC 2019

On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 1:46 PM Rich Kulawiec <rsk at gsp.org> wrote:
>
> [ Re-sent with proper headers.  My apologies for the typo'd previous version. ]
>
> On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 11:34:48AM -0800, William Herrin wrote:
> > I don't want to start an arms race with the spam callers, I want to
> > end it. That means: jump directly to something they can't easily
> > defeat.
>
> It is at this point that I am reminded of the wisdom of former FTC
> Commissioner Orson Swindle, who was testifying before Congress on
> the subject of spam when he said "We need a couple of good hangings here."
> It was true in 2003 (which is I believe when he said it) and it's still
> true now.  Fines, whatever they are, will be evaded and bargained down,
> companies will be dissolved and reconstituted, money will be laundered,
> and the problem will persist.
>
> ---rsk
>

I've occasionally thought that a tactical air strike on a couple of
call centers might just convince the others of the errors of their
ways.

-- 
Jeff Shultz

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