I would imagine it will be fixed eventually, when the whole “telephone” system goes away and is replaced by some other voice-calling platform or combination thereof.
...only if everyone resolves to restrict themselves to only using ineffective mitigation techniques.
I think the robocall problem can be fixed easily. Unlike email, the telephone network has sufficient existing billing infrastructure that could be exploited to make robocalls uneconomical. Just bill everyone $0.01 (or whatever) per outgoing call after the first 1000 per account per month; and have the carriers bill each other $0.01 for each incoming call to their networks.
A solution like this is necessary, especially since calls lack much of the texture required for email spam-filtering techniques.
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[ 7.6 ms ] story [ 72.4 ms ] thread...only if everyone resolves to restrict themselves to only using ineffective mitigation techniques.
I think the robocall problem can be fixed easily. Unlike email, the telephone network has sufficient existing billing infrastructure that could be exploited to make robocalls uneconomical. Just bill everyone $0.01 (or whatever) per outgoing call after the first 1000 per account per month; and have the carriers bill each other $0.01 for each incoming call to their networks.
A solution like this is necessary, especially since calls lack much of the texture required for email spam-filtering techniques.