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It is good analogy.

Similarly, telcos keep accepting and showing any cooked up caller ID over their SS7, and when someone gets scammed because they trusted the caller ID, the messaging I hear always actually is "people should just be more careful."

Same as banks requiring only card number to give someone money from the account. "you shoul be more careful with your card number."

It is sad to hear the level of victim blaming from the big industry.



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