IT'S A CAR HAD THE SAME PROBLEM
AS WELL USING THE TIPS TO APPLY
TO THE MINIMUM WAGE THEY PAY
THEIR DELIVERY PEOPLE SO YAY
GOOD NEWS FOR DELIVERY WORKERS.
ALL RIGHT MOVING ON HERE LARGE
TELECOM COMPANIES AND ATTORNEYS
GENERAL FROM EVERY STATE ARE
COMING TOGETHER
TO FIGHT
ROBO CALLS THE FACTOR LIES ON
THE WORK OF BOTH PARTIES
COMPANIES WILL WORK TO PREVENT
ILLEGAL CALLS ON THEIR NETWORKS
AND STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL
INVESTIGATE
THE ORIGIN OF THOSE CALLS.
GETTING US THAT WAS OUT POLICE
CCO AT YOUMAIL ALEX THANKS FOR
JOINING US HERE TODAY. DO YOU
THINK THIS PLAN. WELL ACTUALLY
RESULT IN FEWER ROBO
CALLS AND MAKE ALL OF US MUCH
HAPPIER.
>>I THINK OVER TIME IT WILL
IT'S A TRANSITION FROM NOW WE
BLOCK ROBOCALLS WHEN THEY HIT
YOUR PHONE TO TRYING TO BLOCK
THOSE ROBO CALLS FROM
BEING EVER MADE IN THE FIRST
PLACE OR AS SOMEONE MAKES IT
BEING ABLE TO GO AFTER THEM AND
SHUT THEM DOWN QUICKLY. OKAY,
HOWEVER SEEM LESS ROBOCALLS.
WELL SO IN GENERAL WHAT THE
CARRIERS ARE GOING TO DO IS
THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO
TRACE BACK CALLS MORE QUICKLY
TO THE SOURCE. SO INSTEAD OF
SOMEONE BEING ABLE TO MAKE A
MILLION CALLS A DAY FROM AND
HOPEFULLY THEY CAN ONLY MAKE AN
MILLION CALLS A DAY FOR A FEW
DAYS. THEN THEY CAN BE CAUGHT
AND SHUT DOWN THAT'S THE GOAL
OF THIS EFFORT.
>>SO FROM THE CONSUMER
PERSPECTIVE, THE PLAN IS TO
PROVIDE FREE CALL BLOCKING
TECHNOLOGY DO THINK THIS
TECHNOLOGY WILL REMAIN
FREE, ESPECIALLY THE TOWN OF
PEOPLE ARE USING IT.
>>WELL WE ALREADY HAVE A FREE
ROBOCALL BLOCKING APP AND WE'VE
HAD OVER 10 MILLION PEOPLE
SIGNED UP FOR IT SO THAT FREE
TECHNOLOGY IS ALREADY THERE I
THINK THE CARRIERS WILL
TRY TO SCALE THAT TECHNOLOGY
OUT AND GET MORE AND MORE
PEOPLE THAT SOMETHING ON THEIR
PHONE TO STOP THESE CALLS FROM
BOTHERING THEM.
>>SO THIS PLAN IS PUT IN PLACE
TO TRACE THE CALLS BUT IT WAR
STOP LISTENING OR ILLEGAL
ROBOCALLS DIRECTLY WHAT'S GOING
TO HAPPEN
TO THOSE BAD ACTORS WHEN THEY
ARE TREES.
>>WELL SO THAT'S THE BIG
QUESTION IF THEY'RE DOING A
SCAM THEN THEY CAN BE
PROSECUTED UNDER MAIL FRAUD OR
OR OTHER STATUTES SO IT'S
ESSENTIALLY IF YOU CAN GET TO
THE SCAMMER YOU CAN LIKELY DO
SOME REAL DAMAGE TO THEM GET
THE AND THE WIND UP IN JAIL ON
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING JUST
ILLEGAL TELEMARKETING
IT'S MUCH MUCH HARDER. YES.
FTC FOR EXAMPLE, AS I THINK
GOTTEN OVER MILLION IN FINES
AGAINST PEOPLE THEY HAVE
ALREADY CAUGHT AND THEY
COLLECTED $7,000. SO THAT'S
GOING TO BE A BIG CHALLENGE IS
ACTUALLY MAKING THE
SCAMMERS AND SPAMMERS PAY.
>>TAKE A STEP BACK ALEX YOU
COULD OWN MINDS AND JUST TALK
ABOUT THE EXISTENCE OF RUBBLE
CALLS ONE OF THESE BAD ACTORS
TRYING TO GET I FRANKLY HAVE
DON'T ANSWER THE PHONE ANYMORE
AS A RESULT OF THIS UNLESS IT'S
A CONTACT THAT IS LITERALLY IN
MY PHONE EVEN ABROAD CAUSE ME.
I WON'T ANSWER IT DOESN'T
ANSWER THE WHY DO THE REBEL
CAUSE
EXISTS WHAT ARE THEY TRYING TO
GET FROM CONSUMERS.
>>SO THERE'S 2 TYPES OF ROBO
CALLS THERE'S GOOD ROBO CALLS
AND BAD ROBOCALLS GOOD ROBO
CALLS ARE REMINDING YOU FOR
EXAMPLE YOU'VE GOT A
PRESCRIPTION TO PICK UP WHERE
THE SCHOOL'S
GETTING OUT OUT EARLY THOSE ARE
FINE THE BAG ROBOCALLERS ARE
REALLY TRYING TO DO SOME FORM
OF IDENTITY OR FINANCIAL THEFT
FOR EXAMPLE, A REALLY BIG ROBO
CALL OUT RIGHT NOW IS PEOPLE
SAYING THEY ARE THE SOCIAL
SECURITY ADMINISTRATION AND
THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THEIR
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AND YOU
NEED TO PAY TO KEEP YOUR SOCIAL
SECURITY NUMBER ACTIVE OR FIX
THAT PROBLEM. SO THEY'RE TO
GETTING NOT ONLY GETTING YOUR
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OR
IDENTITY THEFT BUT THEN GETTING
YOU TO PAY TO TRY TO GET IT TO
BE FIXED. SO THESE SCAMS CALL
SO MANY PEOPLE THEY'RE LIKE
BANNER ADS THEY JUST LOOK FOR A
FEW PEOPLE TO CLICK A FEW
PEOPLE THEY ANSWER
AND THAT'S WITH A SCAM.
>>ARE THERE CERTAIN THINGS THAT
YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO SAY IF
YOU PICK UP BY ACCIDENT
WHICH SHOULD YOU NOT BE SAYING
ON THESE ROBOCALLS.
>>YOU SHOULD BASICALLY NOT REST
WHOEVER'S ON THE OTHER SIDE.
SO THEY SAY HEY WE HAVE A
PROBLEM IN SOCIAL SECURITY
NUMBER CAN YOU CONFIRM WHAT
YOUR CELL SECURITY NUMBER IS
HANG UP RIGHT AWAY IF THEY
START ASKING YOU FOR PERSONAL
INFORMATION HANG UP RIGHT AWAY.
IN FACT EVEN IF MY BANK CALLS
ME AND IT REALLY IS MY BANK I'M
PROBABLY GONNA SAY LOOK I'M
GOING TO CALL BACK AND A LOOK
AT THE BANKS NUMBER ON THEIR
WEBSITE AND CALL THE BANK THAT
WAY TO MAKE SURE IT'S NEAR
ORIGINATING THE CALL. I'M
NOT RESPONDING TO SOMEONE WHO
COULD VERY EASILY BE A SCAMMER.
>>I KNOW IN MY BANK ON ME I GOT
ARE THESE ENTITIES AT HER.
>>AND CONDUCTING THESE ROBO
CALLS ARE QUITE SOPHISTICATED
FOR EXAMPLE, MIMICKING THE AREA
CODE OF YOUR OWN PHONES.
IT LOOKS LIKE A FAMILY MEMBER
SOME NINO IS ACTUALLY CALLING
YOU SO EVEN HAVING THESE LARGE
TELECOM COMPANIES, THESE
ATTORNEYS GENERAL COMING
TOGETHER. DO YOU THINK THAT
THESE ROBO CALLERS WILL IN
TERMS OF THEIR STRATEGY TO GET
INTO YOUR PHONE'S MAY OUT PACE.
AT THE RATE AT WHICH THESE
PEOPLE CAN REALLY CRACK DOWN ON
IT.
>>YOU KNOW THE IT THIS IS A
WHACK A MOLE PROBLEM WHERE YOU
TRY SOMETHING AND TRY TO KNOCK
THEM ALL
DOWN ANOTHER ONE POPS UP.
I HAVE NO ILLUSIONS THAT THIS
IS GOING TO STOP THE ROBOCALL
PROBLEM. BUT IT WILL HEADED IN
THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND ONE
POINT
REMEMBER ANTI-VIRUS AND VIRUSES
WERE A HUGE PROBLEM BUT OVER
TIME YOU KNOW NOW WE ALL OF
ANTI-VIRUS ON OUR COMPUTERS,
IT'S NOT A BIG PROBLEM E-MAIL
SPAM USED TO BE A HUGE PROBLEM
NOW IT'S A MINOR NUISANCE OVER
TIME AS CONSUMERS USE ROBO CALL
BLOCKING APPS AS THE CARRIERS
ROLE ALL THIS STUFF OUT YOU'RE
GOING TO SEE FEWER AND
FEWER REBEL CAUSE IS JUST NOT
GOING TO BE OVERNIGHT.
>>IN THE BROADER SPACE
OF CYBERSECURITY DATA
PROTECTION, HOW LARGE OF AN
ISSUE. OUR ROBOCALLS
CONTRIBUTING
TO THE OVERALL DATA PROTECTION
FOCUS THAT IT IS REALLY GETTING
A LOT OF TRACTION RIGHT NOW NOT
ONLY FROM COMPANIES BUT ALSO
FROM CONSUMERS AS WELL WHO HAVE
UNFORTUNATELY FALLEN VICTIM
ACROSS SOME OF THE OTHER
SECTORS.
>>I THINK THERE'S ALREADY
STATUTES TO PREVENT ROBO CALLS
ARE BEING MADE. SO IT HASN'T
BEEN LOOKED AT AS THE BIG
PRIVACY ISSUE. THE WAY I VIEWED
AS MUCH MORE AS A CONSUMER
ISSUE IF YOU GET A ROBO CALL.
AND YOU RESPOND TO IT AND YOU
GET YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
OUT OR YOU GIVE A CREDIT CARD
NUMBER YOUR CHANCE OR MONEY,
IT'S REAL HARM TO YOU THE
CONSUMER WHICH IS WHY I THINK
THERE'S SUCH A BIG INITIATIVE
NOW TRYING TO ADDRESS THE
PROBLEM.
>>FAMILIES TO BE A BIG PROBLEM
VIRUSES ON OUR COMPUTERS USE
BIG BIG PROBLEM, BUT WE SQUASH
THAT. REBEL CAUSE THE NEXT STEP
SQUASHING THAT
WAS THAT SQUASHED WHAT IS NEXT
ARE THESE ROBO CALLERS IN BAD
ACTORS WENT TO INFILTRATE OUR
INSTAGRAM DMZ WHERE THEY COULD
TO TURN TO NEXT.
>>I MEAN THEY ALREADY ARE RIGHT
SO THEY'RE ALREADY DOING THINGS
ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO SCAM PEOPLE
WRITE YOU GET FAKE ACCOUNTS,
THEY LOOK LIKE IT'S YOUR
FRIEND, SO THE SCAMMERS ARE
HIGHLY MOTIVATED AND THEY'RE
GOING TO USE WHATEVER
TECHNOLOGY IS OUT THERE I THINK
THE CHALLENGE WITH ROBOCALLS IS
WE ALL RELY ON OUR PHONE WE'D
ALL LIKE TO ACTUALLY ANSWER
PHONE CALLS. AND WE CAN'T AND
SO THE PHONE CALLS AND A BIT OF
A DEATH SPIRAL AS EVERYBODY
AVOIDS ANSWERING UNKNOWN