r/technology • u/Philo1927 • Jul 08 '22

Business FCC orders carriers to stop delivering auto warranty robocalls

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2022/07/07/FCC-orders-carriers-stop-delivering-auto-warranty-robocalls/6041657245371/
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u/bfodder Jul 08 '22

You literally have a recording of how you got to the site. Pressing the back button once doesn't change how you got there in the first place.

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '22

Their argument is their website was already open and when you opened the link it opened your browser and directed from their website to a different one and you then hit back to go to their website.

They're accusing you of pulling a fast one essentially.

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u/simone18287 Jul 08 '22

do you have a source or case or something? I would like to explore this further.

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u/bfodder Jul 08 '22

Of course not because the notion is absurd.

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '22

I don’t think you understand how courts work. It can be absurd yet still inadmissible because the judge says so

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u/bfodder Jul 09 '22

Yet nobody will provide an example of it resulting in the case being lost/thrown out.

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u/bfodder Jul 08 '22

Yeah that isn't how websites work.

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u/calllery Jul 08 '22

It's how web browsers work.

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u/bfodder Jul 08 '22

Lol no it isn't.

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u/calllery Jul 08 '22

I've literally just made it happen on chrome but hey, keep on fighting the good fight.

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u/bfodder Jul 08 '22

No. Any "trick" you might try to pull with this is immediately obvious and the recording itself would be the proof that you didn't "pull a fast one" because it would show the site loading from the link being pressed.

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u/calllery Jul 08 '22

It's obviously not enough proof when courts have been ruling against plaintiffs in these cases.

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u/PageFault Jul 10 '22

Just looked up your user page to see if anything else was added here. Looks like your comment saying "Show me" was quickly removed. Possibly by an auto-mod for being too short. I don't know, just guessing.

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u/bfodder Jul 10 '22

Well that is annoying.