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Thursday, January 19, 2023

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Volume 42 Table of Contents Issue 19
Re: Panasonic call blocker
TCPA Tracker - December 2022
Researchers Could Track the GPS Location of All of California’s New Digital License Plates
Message-ID: <hiDxL.340357$iU59.214091@fx14.iad> Date: 17 Jan 2023 15:12:00 -0500 From: "Michael Trew" <michael.trew@att.net> Subject: Re: Panasonic call blocker On 1/16/2023 20:35, Bill Horne wrote: > On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 05:18:37PM -0000, Garrett Wollman wrote: >> In article<20230114230515.GA1280341@telecomdigest.us>, >> Bill Horne<malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Those lessons are still being taught, although by different >>> means: I doubt there is anyone under 40 years old who could stand the >>> thought of letting the electronic leash in their pocket buzz more >>> than three times before they strike a pose and push "answer," just >>> like all the actors on TV shows taught them to. >> >> You must be joking. >> >> If someone is so rude as to make an unscheduled voice call, they go >> direct to voicemail. If it was important they would have sent a >> text. I simply don't understand that bizarre train of thought, but it is a very frustrating one to someone like myself, who does not use text messages. > It's possible you're observing a cultural shift that I haven't been > exposed to. I know that my son, who is 32, ignores voice mails and > didn't even set up a mailbox until he'd had his cellphone for over a > year. However, I have always been surprised by how quickly both he and > his friends check *ANY* signal from their cellphones, so I think my > point is valid, at least for the millennial generation. From the perspective of someone who is 27 (late Millennial), I think that you have a valid point. I don't care for smart phones, and I don't have one, which is quite a buck to the current trend. I am quick to answer the telephone when it rings. With most other people my age, they avoid answering phone calls, for reasons unknown to me. Their attention has shifted to social media... also text messages. Many will immediately hop to their phone if a text dings through (even if just to read and ignore), which I agree has replaced the need to answer a ringing phone for them.
Message-ID: <tq7upb$3k7p0$1@dont-email.me> Date: 18 Jan 2023 00:06:51 -0500 From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> Subject: TCPA Tracker - December 2022 RECENT NEWS FCC Cracks Down on Student-Loan Scams: Orders Voice Service Providers to Stop Carrying Robocalls from “Student Loan Robocall Operation” On December 8, 2022, the FCC ordered all voice service providers to terminate customer relationships or block traffic from illegal student-loan related scam robocalls. The “Student Loan Robocall Operation,” consisting of Urth Access LLC, Fire Data LLC, US Acquisitions LLC, Dawood & Dawood, Dawood and Company, their individual associates, and associated entities, was found to be responsible for millions of such calls. The Order warned that “if any voice service provider, after investigation of the suspected illegal robocall traffic identified in this Order, thereafter does NOT terminate a customer relationship or block the traffic, it will be required to provide a written report to the Bureau with the results of its investigation[.]” https://www.mondaq.com/article/news/1271250?q=1803232&n=670&tp=9&tlk=9&lk=46 -- (Please remove QRM for direct replies)
Message-ID: <20230113161605.GA1269940@telecomdigest.us> Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2023 16:16:05 +0000 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Researchers Could Track the GPS Location of All of California’s New Digital License Plates Researchers Could Track the GPS Location of All of California’s New Digital License Plates After gaining access to a powerful administrative account, the researchers could perform all sorts of tasks inside Reviver, the sole company that sells the digital plates in California. By Joseph Cox A team of security researchers managed to gain “super administrative access” into Reviver, the company behind California’s new digital license plates which launched last year. That access allowed them to track the physical GPS location of all Reviver customers and change a section of text at the bottom of the license plate designed for personalized messages to whatever they wished, according to a blog post from the researchers. https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxn9vx/researchers-track-reviver-digital-license-plate-gps-location
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