The FCC demands carriers adopt technologies that will end Caller ID spoofing

The FCC is currently not particularly liked by the public, mostly because of its stance when it comes to Net Neutrality, but not everything coming from Ajit Pai’s rule as a chairman of the Commission is bad. A fresh example of one good change he wants to see came yesterday from the FCC’s Twitter account.

The Chairman wants carriers and network operators in the States to “implement a robust call authentication framework in 2019”. According to the FCC, “Caller ID spoofing enables scammers to defraud Americans and hide from law enforcement” and “Combatting illegal robocalls is our top consumer ...