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0 pointsFDSGSG6y ago0 comments

Feels good to read and hence gets upvoted, but it's just not true.

US has dished out far more severe punishments for this stuff than the Bundesnetzagentur could https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/24-defendants-sentenced-multi...

This is not about regulations, lots of these robocallers are straight up criminal operations who will not be swayed by fines.

If Germany has implemented some technical measures against robocalling I'd absolutely love to hear about them! I seriously doubt they have though.

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nostrebored6y ago· 2 in thread

The measures aren't necessarily technical in a lot of cases. Anyone can claim a US number with very little effort. Claiming European numbers usually requires business address verification.

FDSGSGOP6y ago

You only need to claim a number if you want to receive calls, you can make calls from any number you'd like.

FWIW I see lots of European countries that require you to provide an address, not many that actually require verification.

free6526y ago

Huh? Robocallers fake the caller ids, I can fake any European number that I want. Even without faking I can claim an European number without any verification.

For an example what prevents me as an American to get a British or polish number?

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