> How We Got Here: In 2020, the FCC granted voice service providers with 100,000 or fewer subscriber lines an extension of STIR/SHAKEN* implementation requirements, consistent with the TRACED Act. However, since then evidence emerged that a subset of these small voice service providers were originating an increasing quantity of illegal robocalls.
shocked pikachu face. Which explains why Canada didn't provide any exemptions.
Also, I love this bit from Wikipedia:
> The name was inspired by Ian Fleming's character James Bond, who famously prefers his martinis "shaken, not stirred." STIR having existed already, the creators of SHAKEN "tortured the English language until [they] came up with an acronym.
"Signature-based Handling of Asserted information using toKENs"
shocked pikachu face. Which explains why Canada didn't provide any exemptions.
Also, I love this bit from Wikipedia:
> The name was inspired by Ian Fleming's character James Bond, who famously prefers his martinis "shaken, not stirred." STIR having existed already, the creators of SHAKEN "tortured the English language until [they] came up with an acronym.
"Signature-based Handling of Asserted information using toKENs"