[asterisk-users] Is Enum safe from spammers?

[Karl Fife]

I think an equally interesting question is whether the Federal Trade 
Commission (and foreign equivalents) draw a distinction between calls to 
E.164 numbers based on their transport technology.  In other words, is there 
a legal difference depending on whether the call touches the PSTN vs. being 
looked up in an ENUM directory with Pure IP transport?

If you are an attorney, please chime in.  I'm not an attorney, but I suspect 
the answer would be that there is no distinction.  I know the definition of 
"phone call" is a moving target these days, so perhaps today's legal answer 
will be different tomorrow.

On the other hand perhaps the legal question is completely moot.  The 
zero-cost nature of SPIT might make it like SPAM wherein the fact that it 
violates many laws in most countries is ultimately of no consequence.

Will this ultimately come down to a technical arms race like we see with 
SPAM?




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December 21, 2012


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gordon Henderson" <gordon+asterisk at drogon.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 9:14 AM
Subject: [asterisk-users] Is Enum safe from spammers?


>
> Just been contacted by a UK Enum registrar looking for ITSPs to become
> resellers of their Enum registration systems ...
>
> Is anyone using Enum?
>
> Does anyone (other than cynical old me) think that Enum is a spammers best
> friend?
>
> Has anyone received a spam VoIP call yet? (ie. one placed directly over
> the Internet aimed at a SIP URI to a PBX which allows anonymous incoming
> calls?)
>
> I can see that Enum is good to provide another way round the PSTN, but at
> the same time, I'm just not convinced...
>
> What do others think?
>
> Gordon
>
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