The dreaded “robocaller” has been a seemingly growing issue over the years. Insurance issues, IRS requests, or even African Princes in need of money are just some examples of robotic phone calls that have become a large issue in our society. Even the AT&T CEO was interrupted during an interview due to one of these fake callers. Luckily, help will soon be on the way. AT&T and Comcast have announced a partnership that will combat these robocallers. This is the first call authentication partnership to have formed in the United States. The service will let the receiver know if the call is actually being placed by the number that is displayed on the call. Many of these scammer use some kind of number spoofer to make it seem like they are entitlement. I feel like I am not the only one who hesitates to answer a call that has an eerily similar number to my own. You would think a number that close would make one think it should be answered, but that idea is quickly changing. At this point in time, the technology is not capable of definitively saying the caller is fake. It can, however, decipher if the caller is legitimate. There are plans in the future to have the ability to block the robocaller outright. The day this happens will be glorious, as I will no longer feel bad knowing that there are people out there actually falling for these scams.
https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/20/18274775/att-comcast-robocalls-system-combat
Kennan T Duffy says
I can’t wait to see this technology become widely available. I feel there are very few things that most people agree on, but I feel that hatred of robocalls is certainly one of those things. These calls are annoying, distracting, and can be potentially dangerous for certain demographics (like the elderly). I hope to see this technology implemented right into new cell phones as they come out so that more people have access to this technology whether they know it or not. As silly and obvious at some of these calls may seem to a lot of us, these calls are potentially dangerous, and I am glad to see steps being taken to make falling for them less likely.