The fact that phishing and scamming are a fine, and not immediate termination/referral to the cops is embarrassing
Terminating those relationships after a single violation would simple result in the eradication of all SMS sending services, except physical mobiles phones.
Might not be a bad thing... it would stop a lot of spam and stop companies from using SMS for 2FA
Perhaps I'm just confused about who is using it, and for what; I was under the impression this was for bulk mailing. But either way the whole industry has an abuse problem thats not really being taken seriously, as $2000 is barely a slap on the wrist -- what is a company's incentive to keep their platform clean with such a paltry fine?
But maybe the SMS on ramp shouldn't be so simple? These are businesses and they have undoubtedly calculated the risk of easy onboarding vs scammers getting through
What do you think the average revenue per customer is at Bandwidth or Twilio? A couple thousand dollars in fines for a violation should be plenty of incentive to screen their customers better.
If they start charging them $500k for a violation or something, these senders would just drop them entirely. Sure, you’d get rid of the junk… and everything else too.
The revision looks like a mistake by T-Mobile, or else a calculated risk that a class actions somewhow are unavailable and anyone they "fine" will accept it to avoid drawing law enforcement attention.
My real name is in my profile; Try filing a police report saying that I engaged in "phishing, smishing, and social engineering". I think you'll find that nothing happens. I can give you some fake evidence if you wanna be extra convincing, but your report will still end up in the junk pile along with the rest