Some years ago I came across the story – I can’t say whether it’s true – of a decommissioned server that, at the time it was powered down for good, still had a task left unfinished after something like seven years. This was due to its being constantly deprioritized as other jobs demanded the server’s attention.
It sometimes seems to me that email is a little like that. When I left one job a few years ago, I was still clearing my email backlog weeks after I’d officially left the organization. A few days ago, while catching up with my ESET email (now down to no unread messages, though I don’t suppose that will last) I found a message reminding me to write something about automated tech-support scam calls. Happily, this one was only about seven months old, rather than seven years, so it isn’t yet totally irrelevant: the robocall problem isn’t likely to disappear any time soon. I can’t say what percentage of nuisance/scam robocalls are related to tech support scams, but most of what I’m going to say relates to robocalls in general, not just the support scam variety.
Robocalls: where is RoboCop?
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