Audible spam

[ezdays]

My feeling is that the DNC list was effective for a few years, until they realized 1) they are unlikely to ever get caught and prosecuted; 2) there are loopholes.

I'm thinking that one loophole may be when you sign up for something or order something, such as the shoppers card at your local supermarket. Somewhere in the fine print you may be authorizing them to call you for solicitation or research purposes, or authorizing them to give your phone number to someone else.

The loophole is that you automatically give any business that you've done business with, or have contacted for any reason, the right to call you, unless you tell them not to. No fine printed needed, although it may be there just as a protection. It's an "opt-out" world rather than an "opt-in" one. But as you say, once they realized that there's no one enforcing the law, they went wild.

Others that don't have to ask you are:

• Politicians (big surprise there :o )
  Charities
  Survey takers
  Government agencies