You know this administration really cares about your privacy. The Do Not Call registry managed by the FTC is non-functional. It had been taken offline during the shutdown of Nov'25 and looks like it never came back up.

https://www.donotcall.gov

#spamCalls #telemarketing #DoNotCall

National Do Not Call Registry

Register your phone number to report stop or block unwanted, annoying,telemarketing, spam calls, robocalls to the FTC

Just got another bullshit lying robocall from M.A.D.D.

You know the kind of thing I mean - it's a recording, or rather a bunch of recorded clips it tries to play in response to what you say. And it says things that imply very strongly that it is *not* a recording.

An outright lie. Zero respect for the recipient, their time, and their intelligence.

I already hate MADD - they're a modern temperance movement, and want to outlaw alcohol entirely, despite the "oh we just want to stop drunk drivers" image they deliberately project.

And I've told them repeatedly to put me on their do-not-call list, and yet they keep calling. Where's that federal department to complain to...

#MADD #bullshit #robocall #lying #recording #DoNotCall #Canada

Unsure if this is a US only problem (we've got so many) but I am so tired of getting unsolicited texts for various business offers and real estate and whatnot. It doesn't matter if you're on the DoNotCall registry or not, because it doesn't cover SMS.

It would be a shame if someone put some energy into a reverse list and tool, where spammers were signed up for SMS alerts and communications for silly things.

#spam #smsmarketing #DoNotCall

"Hi. I keep getting calls from you guys. I'm on the Do Not Call list, and I've opted out of calls using your system several times. Yet Elm Street Capital keeps calling several times a day. I am going to investigate legal options the next time you call. Please lose my number."

I wonder if that will work.

#spam #doNotCall

I have spent the last 12-18 months marking text as spam and replying STOP and asking to me removed from call list for the previous owner of this number. This person apparently had a business with loans and debt and signed up some kind of lending offer. 15-20 calls/text a week. How do I make it stop? Change my number? Cause I did that once already from a number that was getting 50-60 calls a week! Any number you haven’t had since 2005 is tainted!#privacy #spam #blockedcalls #donotcall #makeitstop

This is also cumulative ammunition to push for effective #RightToDisconnect law @MontgomeryGator

Oh, it's too disruptive to monitor job communications outside our contracted working hours? Yeah I guess you're right, boss. Hey look here's a law that would help, I guess you'd support this then boss

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/04/02/right-to-disconnect-bill-california/73175821007/

@pluralistic

#WorkToRule #DoNotCall #SimpleSabotage

California law would give employees the 'right to disconnect' during nonworking hours

If passed, the California 'right to disconnect' bill would allow employees to disconnect from communications during nonworking hours.

USA TODAY

It's definitely a concern that personal information can be so easily accessed and sold. There are various steps you can take to protect your personal information, such as checking privacy settings on social media, opting out of data sharing wherever possible, and registering on 'do not call' lists to reduce telemarketing calls.

#DataPrivacy
#StopSpamCalls
#ProtectYourInfo
#PrivacyMatters
#NoToDataSelling
#OnlineSafety
#DigitalRights
#InfoSec
#CyberAwareness
#DoNotCall

Lost the toot but someone reminded me of the Do Not Call registry, so I verified my registration there and found that I've been on it 20 years this year.

Still getting robocalls left and right, so it leaves something to be desired. #donotcall

I'm on #EE's #DONOTCALL list, but that's the second call in 2 weeks.

Cook County prosecutor publishes list of ‘unreliable’ cops

https://wgntv.com/news/cook-county/cook-county-prosecutor-publishes-list-of-unreliable-cops/

There are roughly 180 law enforcement officers on the Cook County State’s Attorney’s “Do Not Call List.” There are the names of well-known rogue cops who have faced lawsuits. Some still work as police officers. Others have since retired. Now, Cook County state’s attorney Kim Foxx has released the names.

#criminalcops #workaround #donotcall #rogue