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[briffle]

I thought this was the whole point of STIR/SHAKEN protocol the FCC requires, but maybe there are still some providers that are exempted?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STIR/SHAKEN

[pnw → briffle]

Only about a quarter of the 10k telcos covered by the FCC have adopted STIR/SHAKEN in the year since the deadline.

The FCC has started enforcement actions, in October they announced they are cutting off seven telcos who failed to comply. Only ~7000 more to go!

[upcoming-sesame → briffle]

Is it also for SMS ? It's 99% spam and 1% 2FA codes to log in to stupid banks.

No way to selectively block SMS on phones (at least natively). Only reason I don't disable it completely is due to the 1 percent