Show threadJohn RefiorJan 3, 2024
@jwarminsky
"Even after receiving these direct warnings, XCast Labs transmitted illegal robocalls to consumers. The FTC also discovered that many of these suspect robocalls were part of organized campaigns to generate telemarketing leads by impersonating officials from the Social Security Administration."
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/01/xcast-labs-will-be-banned-supporting-illegal-telemarketing-practices-settle-ftc-charges-it-assisted
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#FTC #XCast #privacy #scam #RoboCalls
XCast Labs Will Be Banned from Supporting Illegal Telemarketing Practices to Settle FTC Charges It Assisted and Facilitated in Sending Hundreds of Millions of Illegal Robocalls

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) provider XCast Labs, Inc., agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it funneled hundreds of millions of

Federal Trade Commission
OblomovNov 12, 2023

I remain convinced that the #indieWeb would have had a much better life if #explicitMulticast #Xcast had reached general adoption
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xcast

For the Fediverse, imagine how much less expensive would it have been to host a successful now with thousands of connections is at least on the way out data could have been sent to all federate servers at once, leaving the routing to handle the (de)duplication.

Xcast - Wikipedia

Richy Garcia May 4, 2023

πŸ‘€ https://youtu.be/yKwfEQ1eEyM

#Microsoft #XBOX #KindaFunny #KindaFunnyXCast #XCast #Podcast #Gaming #VideoGames #XBOXP3 #PhilSpencer

Phil Spencer Interview: Redfall Reviews, Activision Deal - Kinda Funny Xcast Ep. 137

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Show threadOblomovDec 10, 2022
While we're at it, I'll take the opportunity to mention that #ActivityPub, like any other federation protocol, is an excellent use case for #explicitMulticast (aka #Xcast aka explicit multi-unicast)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xcast
It's a pity there hasn't been any major activity on it since 2007
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5058.html>, an inevitable side-effect of the push towards centralization that the Internet has suffered in the last 15 years. One of the many ways in which this killed innovation.
Xcast - Wikipedia