---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20190727201609.GA9003@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2019 20:16:10 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: AT&T is invading user privacy: Here's how By Kashish Verma According to recent reports, an AT&T service technician claims that the company is invading the user's privacy. According to him, the company's iPad app maps the interiors of their customers' homes even without their knowledge. The Issue According to the technician, the app collects the data about the user's type and location of the home. It is then coupled together with their name and address. He claims that from the beginning of the year, more than 1,000 houses of Houston area have already been invaded and mapped by the company. https://thegeekherald.com/p/att-is-invading-user-privacy-heres-how/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <FBA2F239-6837-4B0B-A406-05C6464BCF2F@roscom.com> Date: 25 Jul 2019 18:57:33 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Anti-robocall legislation sails through House by a landslide The Stopping Bad Robocalls Act, sponsored by Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), aims to put an end to spam phone calls by leveling business requirements on carriers and bolstering Federal Communications Commission authority to take action against offenders. Under the bill, carriers must implement call authentication technology like STIR/SHAKEN and offer call blocking services to customers free of charge. Further, the FCC is directed to issue rules protecting customers from unsolicited communications, enact safeguards against robocall exemption abuse and report back to Congress on program effectiveness. https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/07/24/anti-robocall-legislation-sails-through-house-in-landslide-vote ------------------------------ Message-ID: <1D6E1EBB-C351-4156-A891-9041B48AD1D2@roscom.com> Date: 26 Jul 2019 19:00:54 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Apple, Google, Facebook and Microsoft ask FCC for speedy low-power Wi-Fi tethering It's rare to see Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, HP, Qualcomm, Intel, Broadcom, and Marvell all on the same side of the aisle, but there's at least one place they publicly agree: they want chips and devices that freely take advantage of a new frontier in Wi-Fi, without pesky licensing or regulatory restrictions - and they're telling the FCC they'll need it to bring next-gen AR/VR glasses and data tethering to you. It's rare to see Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, HP, Qualcomm, Intel, Broadcom, and Marvell all on the same side of the aisle, but there's at least one place they publicly agree: they want chips and devices that freely take advantage of a new frontier in Wi-Fi, without pesky licensing or regulatory restrictions - and they're telling the FCC they'll need it to bring next-gen AR/VR glasses and data tethering to you. https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2019/7/23/20707456/6ghz-vlp-wi-fi-tethering-hotspot-apple-google-facebook-microsoft-qualcomm-broadcom-intel-marvell-hp ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Sun, 28 Jul 2019 FAQ available at http://telecom-digest.org/faq.html