The Federal Communications Commission yesterday issued about $120 million worth of fines to two robocallers accused of spoofing real people's phone numbers. In one of the cases, the robocaller made 21 million calls overall and told the FCC that he spoofed real people's numbers in Caller ID in order to avoid angry call-backs to his own phone. In the other case, the FCC said the robocaller made 2.3 million calls including 48,349 that spoofed the number of a single person. That unlucky person ended up getting about five angry call-backs a day for two months, the FCC said. In the first case, the FCC fined telemarketer Philip Roesel and his companies more than $82 million. This is the same amount that the FCC proposed to fine Roesel a year ago—as is standard, the commission gave him a chance to respond before making the decision final. Roesel and his companies made more than 21 million robocalls from late 2016 to early 2017 attempting to sell health insurance, the FCC said. Roesel … [Read more...] about Robocaller spoofed real numbers to avoid angry call-backs to his own phone
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Ajit Pai celebrates after court strikes down Obama-era robocall rule
Federal judges have struck down an anti-robocall rule, saying that the Federal Communications Commission improperly treated every American who owns a smartphone as a potential robocaller. The FCC won't be appealing the court decision, as Chairman Ajit Pai opposed the rule changes when they were implemented by the commission's then-Democratic majority in 2015. Pai issued a statement praising the judges for the decision Friday, calling the now-vacated rule "yet another example of the prior FCC’s disregard for the law and regulatory overreach." The FCC's 2015 decision said that a device meets the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) definition of an "autodialer" if it can be modified to make robocalls, even if the smartphone user hasn't actually downloaded an autodialing app. That interpretation treats all smartphones as autodialers because any smartphone has the capability of downloading an autodialing app, judges ruled. Since any call made by an autodialer could … [Read more...] about Ajit Pai celebrates after court strikes down Obama-era robocall rule
San Francisco impounds electric scooters, execs called ‘spoiled brats’
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - APRIL 17: A Bird scooter sits parked on a street corner on April 17, 2018 in San Francisco, California. Three weeks after three companies started placing electric scooters on the streets for rental, San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera issued cease-and-desist notice to electric scooter rental companies Bird, LimeBike and Spin. The notice comes as the San Francisco board of supervisors considers a proposed ordinance to regulate the scooters to keep people from riding them on sidewalks, parking them in the middle of sidewalks and requiring riders to wear helmets and have a drivers license. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) SAN FRANCISCO, CA - APRIL 17: Bird and Spin scooters sit parked on a street corner on April 17, 2018 in San Francisco, California. Three weeks after three companies started placing electric scooters on the streets for rental, San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera issued cease-and-desist notice to electric scooter rental … [Read more...] about San Francisco impounds electric scooters, execs called ‘spoiled brats’
Comments for : Verizon’s Samsung Continuum employs an additional OLED display for the “Ticker”
posted on 20 Oct 2010, 01:48 0 1. Thump3rDX17 (Posts: 2160; Member since: 10 May 2010) pretty much the way i see it is they slapped the capacitive Android Function keys a few centimeters up the screen...this is not a real user friendly design i think. posted on 02 Oct 2010, 11:01 1 14. rmac (Posts: 13; Member since: 04 Jan 2010) This is definitely going to flop. For starters, if you use Android, typically your notification bar is at the top of the screen, therefore you are inclined to look "Up" at your notifications, not at the bottom of the phone. Second, if you're holding the phone in portrait form, without a physical keyboard, you're going to have to choke up and hold the phone halfway up, making texting more difficult. In landscape, you're going to have to stretch your thumb over a, what I'd assume is, touch-sensitive display, plus over the standard Android function buttons, making landscape texting probably much more uncomfortable, if not impossible without error. … [Read more...] about Comments for : Verizon’s Samsung Continuum employs an additional OLED display for the “Ticker”
Comments for : Why is the new Verizon privacy policy scary?
posted on 13 Oct 2011, 00:18 3 1. Gawain (Posts: 428; Member since: 15 Apr 2010) I received a very detailed email from Verizon Wireless about the updated policy. It's straight forward and makes sense. If it steers product ads my way that I might actually be interested in, I don't have too much of an issue with it. It's not like this data isn't already collected by the OS, web-sites, et al already. posted on 13 Oct 2011, 00:24 20 2. Jerry209 (Posts: 42; Member since: 17 Sep 2011) Im going to see alot of PORN ADS.. ..LOL posted on 13 Oct 2011, 00:30 3 3. belovedson (Posts: 1060; Member since: 30 Nov 2010) why would any person want advertisement your way???? who the f likes commercials or popups. posted on 13 Oct 2011, 00:46 8 4. MichaelHeller (Posts: 2721; Member since: 26 May 2011) You realize that this site is free, as are most on the Internet because of advertising? Advertising subsidizes your cable bill, keeps radio free, and subsidizes the cost of … [Read more...] about Comments for : Why is the new Verizon privacy policy scary?