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Real-Time Fraud Blocking

Everyone finds unwanted calls annoying, and we have the numbers to back up that statement. The FCC says that more people complain about unwanted and spoofed robocalls than any other cellular activity. After a slight decline in robocalls during 2019 and mid-2020, criminals made up for lost time during 2021. One report shows that Americans received 165.1 million robocalls per […]

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The Most Common Spam Call Myths Debunked: Part 2 

The Most Common Spam Call Myths Debunked: Part 2  Any way you slice it, spam calls are annoying.  At some point in your life, you’ve probably had to deal with unwanted callers. While spam calling has been around for a while, researchers have finally collected enough data to challenge some commonly held beliefs regarding robocalling. In […]

STIR/SHAKEN
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STIR/SHAKEN EXPLAINED

In today’s technology-dominated world where much of our interactions happen over the phone or online, it’s more important than ever to keep our identities and information protected. That’s where STIR/SHAKEN comes in. STIR/SHAKEN stands for Secure Telephone Identity Revisited (STIR) and Signature-based Handling of Asserted Information using toKENs (SHAKEN). This makes up a set of […]