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Why in the year of our lord 2022 am I still getting robocalls???

Vox

Innovations like Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services, which transmit calls over the internet rather than over wires. There are thousands of VoIP providers in this country alone, and some of them don’t care if their services are used by scammers. So, how are these providers supposed to authenticate those callers?

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Fountainhead: The End of the Laptop-Centric World?

Fountainhead

Whenever Margo does remote work with a given client -- accessing the intranet, using internal apps, interacting via collaboration software, or even certain VoiP apps -- she must use the appropriate laptop. All a user needs is a client device (laptop, iPad, smartphone) and a secure authentication mechanism. Cloud Computing Journal.