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Growing rate of robocalls threatens user privacy

October 23, 2019 0 Comments Data privacy, do not call registry, FCC, FTC, high-risk calls, nuisance calls, Privacy, robocall, robocall scam, robocalling, robocalls, scam calls, scammers, tcpa, user privacy

Credit to Author: Kayla Matthews| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 18:43:07 +0000

Robocalls aren’t just a nuisance—they’re a threat to personal data and privacy. And they’re on the rise. Learn which new tactics scammers are using and how to protect against them.

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Robocalls now flooding US phones with 200m calls per day

September 17, 2019 0 Comments caller id, data loss, legislation, Mobile, neighbor spoofing, nuisance calls, phishing, robocalling, robocalls, security threats, shaken/stir, snowshoe spamming, spoofing, telemarketing, vishing, voip

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 11:24:15 +0000

According to a new report, nearly 30% of all US calls placed in the first half of 2019 were garbage, as in, nuisance, scam or fraud calls.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/UDmV3nOCTag” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>