Should the federal government be responsible for drafting legislation on spoofing?

Douglas Carroll, Ed.D.

Spoofing is the
intentional act of disguising a piece of communication to lead the
recipient
to believe the communication is from a trusted source. Spoofing applies to more
than
just email communications. Phone calls, websites, IP addresses, and
other more technical aspects
of the communication system are all subject to
attempts of spoofing.

Currently, the FCC (Federal
Communication Commission) regulates spoofing by phone. A report by
Market
Watch (April 2017) estimated that consumers have lost about 9.5 billion dollars to
phone
scams. As of August of 2019, the FCC, in response to growing consumer
complaints, is proposing
new laws to target robocalls and caller ID scams.
Given their track record in the previous
years, this does not appear to offer
a much...

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