[GRLUG] $50K Prize if You Find Way to Block Robocalls

[Michael Mol]

On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Tim Schmidt <timschmidt at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Adam Tauno Williams
>> And would involve the provider cutting / blocking access to someone who
>> is paying them for access.  Never happen.
>
> Agreed.  Just because it's technically the best place to implement the
> solution, doesn't mean it'll ever happen.
>
> There's also the safety and access to 911 and other emergency services
> to consider.  But all that would be required is to whitelist all
> emergency services, nation wide.  There's undoubtedly already a
> registry of such numbers somewhere.  Pretty easy fix, but not one
> you'd want to overlook.

It's like the open Internet; you want *everyone* to have access, and
you want the filtering to be the recipient's responsibility, possibly
with cooperation with other recipients.

Filtering at the source carries absolutely rotten, terrible
consequences, far worse than the present scenario.

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