steven36 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 T-Mobile is beginning to roll out support for call verification technology, which will confirm that a phone call is actually coming from the number listed on caller ID. Now, if one T-Mobile subscriber calls another T-Mobile subscriber, the person receiving the call will see a message saying “Caller Verified” if they have a supported phone. Unfortunately, there’s only one supported phone for the time being. Call verification won’t put a stop to spammy phone calls, but it will start to help people identify which calls are actually coming from real people. As anyone with a phone knows, spammers have relentlessly spoofed local phone numbers in recent years, making it appear that you’re getting an incoming call from someone you may know. Call verification is meant to combat that. There are a lot of limitations at launch, though. For one, T-Mobile is the first carrier to launch support for it. It’s supposed to eventually work across all major phone providers, but that’ll only happen once others come on board. Second, T-Mobile is starting small, launching this only on the Galaxy Note 9 to start. Presumably, it’ll come to other phones eventually, but no timeline was given. The bigger limitation is that this doesn’t actually tell you which calls are spam, just which calls aren’t. That’s definitely still a help. You might get a call from a neighbor or a local business that you’ll now know to pick up, thanks to the verification tech. But if you get a call that isn’t verified, it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a spammer, just that the call couldn’t be verified, which could simply be due to lack of support from their phone provider. Still, it’s an encouraging sign in the perpetually frustrating fight against spammers. T-Mobile is using a pair of technologies known as SHAKEN and STIR, which FCC chairman Ajit Pai “demanded” the phone industry implement. In November, Pai sent letters to the industry asking that the technologies be adopted “without delay.” Verizon plans to start implementing the tech later this year, and Sprint plans to begin testing it this year. Other major voice providers have said they are working on it or beginning trials. Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BioHazard Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 That’s something I like to see with all other carriers 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven36 Posted January 10, 2019 Author Share Posted January 10, 2019 1 hour ago, BioHazard said: That’s something I like to see with all other carriers 😀 They seem to be the best large mobile internet carrier in the USA they blocked that service that was selling peoples data after the news broke. Quote T-Mobile told Gizmodo in response to the Motherboard story that it had “blocked access to device location data for any request submitted by Zumigo.” The company also stated that it was working to fulfill its promise made last summer to sever ties with third-party data aggregators. “We are nearly finished with that process,” it said .https://gizmodo.com/report-of-bounty-hunters-buying-phone-location-data-lea-1831626333 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BioHazard Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 I wish Canada 🇨🇦 will follow soon. It’s so frustrating getting 10 calls a day with spoofed local and spamming numbers 😟 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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