This would be an awesome way to fix & monetize Twitter too - give us a button on our @'s to have Twitter bill the sender $0.25.
Fixing SS7 would create *some* risk to scamming (not much tho; just buy VoIP accts anonymously) but would do nothing about unwanted "legit" calls.
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I think that's fine, actually. It's not a technology decision whether you want to answer that call from your ex, your boss, or the IRS. It's technology's job to accurately tell you who's calling and let you make an informed decision.
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Knowing the caller's number or even their chosen name accurately does not significantly help deciding to answer call or help avoid effort screening or cleaning up voicemail.
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What if you plug it into your social graph? Then it gets interesting. And that's what I want to build.
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I really don't want social graphs stored anywhere.
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Financial or legal consequences are needed & the former are much easier to implement and less oppressive. Just build into fee structure VoIP carrier pays connecting into phone network.
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Who would enforce that? Who would benefit? Where this stuff ends up--consistently--is like the proposal for SHAKEN/STIR. Check it out. It's going to hand even more power to AT&T and Verizon. I really can't agree with the idea that we should all give AT&T more money and power.
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No, they shouldn't get to keep it. That's why I said taxation. State gets N cents per call completed, telco has to charge origin or it comes out of their pockets.
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I appreciate your perspective, and while I do favor a different approach, that's why we have a marketplace of ideas.
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