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Indian telcos told to block scam telemarketers for two years (www.theregister.com)
submitted 4 weeks ago by schizoidman@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 28 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

"from unregistered telemarketers" so all the registered ones are A-OK!

[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 10 points 4 weeks ago

They're paying their dues to the govt ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] nucleative@lemmy.world 17 points 4 weeks ago

Whack-a-mole. Once banned, a scammer will just sign up with someone else's ID.

I mean, that's kinda what they are pros at already, right?

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 weeks ago

And then...?

[–] iamthetuner@lemmy.world 6 points 4 weeks ago

Why only two years? Did I miss something in the article?