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Today, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai that would require phone companies to adopt the STIR/SHAKEN protocol, an increasingly popular method for caller ID authentication. The rules are meant to , specifically those that spoof phone numbers, and the FCC is expected to vote on them later this month.Under the , carriers verify that a call is legitimate (not coming from a spoofed number) before it reaches the recipient. In 2018, Pai urged carriers to . , and (Engadget's parent company) have all implemented the tech in one way or another, but robocalls are still a major nuisance. According to the FCC, US consumers receive as many as every three minutes."It's clear that FCC action is needed to spur across-the-board deployment of this important technology," Pai said in a statement. "There is no silver bullet when it comes to eradicating robocalls, but this is a critical shot at the target."The FCC has also empowered carriers to , and several carriers and 50 state attorneys general are to implement call-blocking tech, make anti-robocall tools free to consumers and label calls as legitimate or spam.Turn on browser notifications to receive breaking news alerts from EngadgetYou can disable notifications at any time in your settings menu.Turn onEngadget was owned by Verizon between June 2015 and September 2021. Engadget's parent company is now Yahoo Inc.All products recommended by Engadget are selected by our editorial team, independent of our parent company. Some of our stories include affiliate links. If you buy something through one of these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. All prices are correct at the time of publishing.

Today, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai that would require phone companies to adopt the STIR/SHAKEN protocol, an increasingly popular method for caller ID authentication. The rules are meant to , specifically those that spoof phone numbers, and the FCC is expected to vote on them later this month.Under the , carriers verify that a call is legitimate (not coming from a spoofed number) before it reaches the recipient. In 2018, Pai urged carriers to . , and (Engadget's parent company) have all implemented the tech in one way or another, but robocalls are still a major nuisance. According to the FCC, US...

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