It seems that VoIP has once again been pegged as the arch-nemesis of all that is good in this world.
According to CBC, VoIP is scamming people. That’s right, the technology that allows for transmission of voice as digital packets across an internetwork is stealing people’s credit card information.
Don’t you just hate technology?
It’s just so evil and it couldn’t be the less-than honest people who are using the technology that are responsible for people getting scammed could it CBC?
Of course it is.
VoIP is like a gun. A gun you does not kill by itself. It needs a person to use the gun in order for a murder to occur. VoIP by itself is not some evil technology, it is just another way for dishonest people to take advantage of others. I wish that writer’s who do not know a lick about technology or VoIP would save the sensational headlines for once and talk about the root of the issue - people.
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You are correct it is the same sensationalism that declares VoIP is illegal in some countries like India. How many VoIP bloggers take the effort to report it in all its nuances, even after being pointed out. The fact is that VoIP started out as a technology to be used at the Ends, instead it has become another business operated from the Middle.
They call this DUMBoIP….consumers are equally dumb on POTS or cellular, even walkie talkie.
@Aswath: Well said, I totally agree.
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