[LINK] Why don't telcos cut off bulk scam calls

[Tom Worthington]

On 9/19/25 16:45, David wrote:

> On Friday, 19 September 2025 10:41:13 AEST Tom Worthington wrote:
>> I don't see why the telcos could not detect and stop this.
> 
> But how?  If all banks ...

Not, banks, telcos. They could identify scammers, by flagging large 
numbers of very short calls coming from the same source.

The parliament could give them legal protection to block these, if they 
don't already have it. Of course there would be an exception to allow 
Clive Palmer to send us political speeches. ;-)

> ... configure a white-list of acceptable calling numbers ...

Yes, I could configure a white list. But that doesn't help where the 
sender blocks their number or uses a large bank of numbers.


-- 
Tom Worthington http://www.tomw.net.au
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