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Idea to stop robo calls... Most phone conversations are routed through networks. Voice is converted to data and back again sent as any internet message. Why not change the voice protocols to allow all conversations to be secured with certificates? Certificates are what make financial transactions secure. when you see https: it means you are using certificates.... Force both sender and receiver to have a certificate linked to the real location of each phone conversation. As a call is placed part of the call will be to back track verify the caller as to actually who they say they are. The real caller id would appear on the phone and the receiver would then be able to make a more informed choice to pick up the phone.

New Phone Scam: You get a call from someone claiming to be Apple, it even comes up on your caller id, claiming something is wrong with your iCloud account. It is a scam.... One way to yak with these guys is to say "Everyone in the house, all 6 of us, have iCloud accounts. Can you tell me the exact name on the account and the error message you are getting." At that point they do a reverse look up on your number and try to feed your name back to you. Tell them, "That is nice, but as a security precaution I make sure my actual name does not appear in the iCloud email address." They usually disconnect at this point. The good thing is you kept these guys off the phone for a couple of minutes so they can't pull this on someone else.

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Sounds like NASA'S Opportunity needs someone to go in the field to reboot the robot. We are $75 an hour plus expenses.Sounds like NASA'S Opportunity needs someone to go in the field to reboot the robot. We are $75 an hour plus expenses.

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