Re: OT: telephone black box

Ross Herbert wrote:
And if by some human error, a legitimate caller is included in the black list,
and upon hearing the loud message or being diverted to police/FBI,
then complains to the communications regulating authority,
how are you going to explain that you have connected
a possibly unauthorised piece of equipment to the telco line?

Since deregulation in the 1980s,
there's almost nothing you can't hook to your phone line in the USA.
The exception is an fully-automated spam call maker
--and it being illegal
doesn't seem to stop the douchebags from doing that anyway.
.

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