Tech
Technology in this category is the consumer-facing kind: the caller-ID rules that decide whether your phone rings, how an impersonation scam is built, what a regulator can and cannot require of a carrier. It is not gadget coverage and it carries no reviews or buying advice. The material comes from the FCC, the FTC and CISA — the bodies that write and enforce the rules — which means the pieces can explain what is required of a company rather than guess at it, and can say plainly where a rule stops. Consumer technology is unusual in that the useful knowledge is often legal rather than technical — the question is less how a system works than who may do what with it, and what recourse exists when someone does not. That is the angle taken here.
- Robocall Rules, Spoofing, and Why Calls Still Get Through
What federal rules require for robocalls, texts and caller ID, what carriers must authenticate, and why unwanted calls still reach your phone.
- Government Impersonation Scams: How to Spot a Fake Call
How IRS, Medicare, and other government impersonation scams work, and the signs that separate a real agency contact from a fake one.