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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi fellow SIPNOC’ers –<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The SIPNOC overview makes references to Text Authentication and Robotext mitigation, but there isn’t anything on the program agenda explicitly addressing texting.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>How about a Tuesday night BoF on this broad topic? I have a few specific morsels I can take a few minutes to share:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1) I’ve worked with an academic group that’s demonstrated an AI-based capability to engage with pig butchers at scale, following the bad actors from SMS to other messaging platforms over multiple interactions lasting weeks or months, culminating in a financial ask. I’m hoping to connect this team with telecom providers that can help them take this to a next level, with the goal of learning enough about the fraudsters’ operations so they can be intercepted before causing further financial harm. What they’ve done so far is, I think, pretty cool.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2) Separately, our Robocall Surveillance Platform has collected hundreds of thousands of unsolicited text messages (both SMS and MMS). We analyze message contents and track senders (by NNID for 10DLC source numbers). I can share what we are seeing, including messages that apparently originate from SIMboxes.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>3) We query short-code senders with HELP and capture their responses. I can report on code-holders’ compliance with the mandate to respond to these requests.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please let me know if you’d like to participate and if there are other texting topics you’d like to add. If I get minimal interest, I’ll ask Marc for a room and a time and we’ll hope to drive attendance and have a good discussion. We can prioritize our agenda to reflect group priorities.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have a handout for #1 – if you’re interested and aren’t able to attend the BoF please ask me for that (or email for a softcopy).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>David Frankel<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.rraptor.org">www.rraptor.org</a> <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>