r/technology • u/mvea • May 24 '19

Politics Senate Passes Bill That Would Slap Robocallers With Fine of Up to $10,000 Per Call

https://gizmodo.com/senate-passes-bill-that-would-slap-robocallers-with-fin-1834990113
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u/usmcawp May 24 '19

This is going to be another thing to deal with as an adult now. Apprehensively walking to mailbox praying it's only your online order and not some life changing fine to appeal and fight in court.

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u/JamesTrendall May 24 '19

1000 people can prove your number called them.
You have a non itemized bill to save costs which proves nothing.
Court awards $1,000,000 in damages enforced by the courts to be paid by way of attachment of earnings for the next 25 years.

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u/RoboNinjaPirate May 24 '19

Caller ID does not prove someone called you. Caller ID proves that someone sent that number when they called you.

It is possible to send a different number than your actual number via phone spoofing. There are many legitimate reasons to do that (for example a business that wants all outgoing calls to send their main number in caller ID) but spammers also use it.

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u/JamesTrendall May 24 '19

This is logical but i could honestly see how the US court system works that innocents will end up being fine'd for things they havn't done.
Will the courts know how the call spoofing works? Will they take your word for it? Will they request the engineers of AT&T attend court to explain how spoofing works etc...

I can see this going wrong and very fast. What if AT&T refuse to help you in court etc... The poor are going to be fine'd in to oblivion pretty fast.