• xthexder@l.sw0.comEnglish
    974·
    10 个月前

    This really seems like something the FCC should be enforcing… T-Mobile has no authority to make anyone pay fines… Terms of Service are not legally binding like that. All they can do is refuse service, and report the activity if it’s actually illegal.

    • plz1@lemmy.worldEnglish
      231·
      10 个月前

      They’re enforcement would likely escalate to a stopping of message delivery from the offenders.

    • Rooskie91@discuss.onlineEnglish
      14·
      10 个月前

      When you replace government regulations with self regulating corporation, this is the best we can hope for I guess.

    • stevehobbesEnglish
      131·
      10 个月前

      …yes they do. This is for vendors that use/enter into a business relationship with T-Mobile directly to send short codes or SMS. I.e. companies like Vonage and Twilio.

      You can absolutely enforce fees against your direct customers for certain behaviors.

      This would not work for messages received from other telcos

    • kingaloo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      10 个月前

      FCC is kind of a joke. Corp tells them what to do. If FCC did what it’s meant to do, we wouldn’t have such crap mobile and Internet infrastructure, terrible privacy policies, etc etc.

  • wreckedcarzz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    612·
    10 个月前

    Mmmmm, yeah, I’m going to need you to come in on Sunday, too… we kinda lost some people and we need to do a little catch-up also fine the bitches that handle the political bullshit, too, thaaaanks.

    Like 4 years ago I started replying to these (political) unwanted messages with pretty hardcore yiff. The replies I get are great, and I don’t think I’ve had the same campaign try twice since, but I’d rather just not see the shit at all. Add a 0 or three to that figure.

    • Thanks4Nothing@lemm.eeEnglish
      71·
      10 个月前

      Not sure what that means. I never get any messages from TMO unless it’s a bill notification…

  • phoneymouse@lemmy.worldEnglish
    73·
    10 个月前

    We need to kill phone numbers like, yesterday. It’s too hard to change a phone number.

    • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
      51·
      10 个月前

      We need a way to give a unique number to everyone, record who we gave them to, enforce that only they can use it, and burn them at any time.

    • Dog@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      10 个月前

      From what I’ve heard, it’s very easy to change your phone number on T-Mobile.

      • phoneymouse@lemmy.worldEnglish
        133·
        10 个月前

        Good luck getting all your 2FA changed on all your accounts. Good luck updating all your friends and family. Good luck informing every company you do business with.

        • ElPussyKangaroo@lemmy.worldEnglish
          63·
          10 个月前

          Looks like a USA problem.

          Idk about 2FA, but updating friends and family is insanely easy on most messaging platforms. I can update my phone number and then WhatsApp or Telegram will prompt those who chat with me that I’ve changed my number and they can switch to that number for chatting.

          WhatsApp: Screenshot_20231229-131041

          Notice received when the number is changed on WhatsApp: IMG_20231229_131425_783

          Telegram: Screenshot_20231229-131125

          As for contacting businesses, this seems like a personal situation, since I contact companies via the above messaging apps. So they will receive a notification about my updated number.

          I’ll verify if this is optional, so we can choose if people get that notice…

          Edit:

          You can’t specify who gets informed. If you’ve blocked someone, they will not get that notification.

          I’ve also added images above to demonstrate how it works on the two platforms I mentioned.