April 17, 2023

FBI and FCC warn about “Juicejacking” – but just how useful is their advice?

USB charging stations - can you trust them? What are the real risks, and how can you keep your data safe on the road?

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April 02, 2020

Phone carriers must authenticate calls to fight robocalls, says FCC

The FCC has given voice carriers until June 2021 to implement technology it says will stop the robocall plague that's driving us all insane.

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March 10, 2020

Phone carriers may soon be forced to adopt anti-robocall tech

US carriers haven't been doing enough to block robocalls voluntarily. The Federal Communications Commission's response? Fine - we'll make you.

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July 15, 2019

FCC underwhelmed by carriers’ sluggish robocall efforts

The FCC in June called for carriers to provide free, default robocall blocking services. One month later, plans are "far from clear."

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March 29, 2019

FTC slams the phone down on quartet of robocallers

Wrist slaps and paltry fines may not be what most of us were hoping for in retribution for billions of robocalls and countless scams.

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March 12, 2019

John Oliver bombards the FCC with anti-robocall robocall campaign

The Last Week Tonight host launched an anti-robocalling robocalling campaign to force the FCC to put a stop to the pervasive, irritating calls.

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November 08, 2018

Phone companies slammed for lousy robocall efforts

By this time next year, says Chairman Ajit Pai, the FCC wants to see an anti-robocall system on consumers' phones - or else.

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October 22, 2018

Up to 9.5 million net neutrality comments were fake

New York has expanded its probe to subpoena 14 industry groups and lobbyists, saying that fake comments "distort[ed] public opinion."

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October 12, 2018

35 state attorneys general tell FCC to pull the plug on robocalls

The AGs want the FCC to adopt SHAKEN and STIR.

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