Understanding STIR/SHAKEN: A Simple Guide to Stopping Spoofed Calls
If you’ve ever answered a call that appeared to be from a familiar number, only to discover it was a scammer, you’ve already experienced why STIR/SHAKEN exists. In 2024 alone, Americans received roughly 38 billion robocalls, many of them using spoofed caller IDs to trick recipients. STIR/SHAKEN is the telecom industry’s answer—an authentication framework that
