Couldn’t we just replace phone numbers with IPv6 addresses? Who the fuck uses a POTS landline these days?
Comment on FCC closing loophole that gave robocallers easy access to US phone numbers
llama@midwest.social 1 year ago
Easy access to phone numbers? Did they flash an amnesia light to make them forget how Arabic numerals work? Literally all you have to do is look at a phone book to see what the valid area codes and exchanges are then robodial away.
datelmd5sum@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Maeve@kbin.social 1 year ago
Plenty of people for valid reasons, like people on home dialysis, breathing apparatus etc in a rural area that has problems staying on the grid during large storms or drivers hitting a power pole at the end of the nearest road.
EvacuateSoul@lemmy.world 1 year ago
In the article it’s pretty clear they mean US numbers to call from.