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Re: Android will detect calls with spoofed numbers by sending a real-time RCS message to the legitimate owner

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On 2026-06-13 00:11, Theo wrote:
> Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
>> VanguardLH <V@nguard.lh> wrote:
>>> "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>>>> Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
>>>
>>> So the non-spoofed caller makes their call, and then has to respond to a
>>> text message?  Oh joy, 2FA comes to voice calls, too.
>>
>> I was assuming that it's making an automatic handshake with the calling
>> phone via RCS, not asking the caller to do it.
> 
> I was almost there, but got it wrong that the verifying RCS message is sent along
> with the call - it's only initiated by the recipient if it didn't get the
> initial RCS verification:
> 
> https://blog.google/security/android-fake-call-detection/

Can we ensure that the bad caller can not also send a fake RCS message?

> 
> They're selling it as preventing deepfakes where the attacker can both spoof
> a number and spoof that person's voice, making it hard to tell from the real
> person.  In that case I can see why something to assert it wasn't the real
> phone comes in useful.
> 
> It's quite a narrow use case (just spoofed calls from people you know,
> rather then spoofed calls from your bank/etc, and not Facetime/Whatsapp/...
> voice calls) but I suppose phone calls are where the scammers are striking,
> so it makes sense to start there.
> 
> Theo


-- 
Cheers,
        Carlos E.R.
        ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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Android will detect calls with spoofed numbers by sending a real-time RCS message to the legitimate owner "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-06-10 11:44 +0200
  Re: Android will detect calls with spoofed numbers by sending a real-time RCS message to the legitimate owner Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2026-06-10 17:59 +0200
  Re: Android will detect calls with spoofed numbers by sending a real-time RCS message to the legitimate owner VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2026-06-10 14:29 -0500
    Re: Android will detect calls with spoofed numbers by sending a real-time RCS message to the legitimate owner "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-06-10 23:19 +0200
    Re: Android will detect calls with spoofed numbers by sending a real-time RCS message to the legitimate owner Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2026-06-11 22:32 +0100
      Re: Android will detect calls with spoofed numbers by sending a real-time RCS message to the legitimate owner VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2026-06-11 20:18 -0500
        Re: Android will detect calls with spoofed numbers by sending a real-time RCS message to the legitimate owner "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-06-12 12:16 +0200
          Re: Android will detect calls with spoofed numbers by sending a real-time RCS message to the legitimate owner VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2026-06-12 15:13 -0500
            Re: Android will detect calls with spoofed numbers by sending a real-time RCS message to the legitimate owner Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-06-13 08:29 +0100
              Re: Android will detect calls with spoofed numbers by sending a real-time RCS message to the legitimate owner VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2026-06-13 15:52 -0500
                Re: Android will detect calls with spoofed numbers by sending a real-time RCS message to the legitimate owner Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2026-06-14 07:35 +0200
      Re: Android will detect calls with spoofed numbers by sending a real-time RCS message to the legitimate owner Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2026-06-12 07:19 +0200
      Re: Android will detect calls with spoofed numbers by sending a real-time RCS message to the legitimate owner "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-06-12 12:19 +0200
        Re: Android will detect calls with spoofed numbers by sending a real-time RCS message to the legitimate owner VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2026-06-12 15:59 -0500
      Re: Android will detect calls with spoofed numbers by sending a real-time RCS message to the legitimate owner Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2026-06-12 23:11 +0100
        Re: Android will detect calls with spoofed numbers by sending a real-time RCS message to the legitimate owner "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-06-14 15:05 +0200
          Re: Android will detect calls with spoofed numbers by sending a real-time RCS message to the legitimate owner VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2026-06-14 20:18 -0500
            Re: Android will detect calls with spoofed numbers by sending a real-time RCS message to the legitimate owner "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-06-15 09:24 +0200
              Re: Android will detect calls with spoofed numbers by sending a real-time RCS message to the legitimate owner VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2026-06-15 08:14 -0500
                Re: Android will detect calls with spoofed numbers by sending a real-time RCS message to the legitimate owner Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2026-06-15 16:29 +0100
                Re: Android will detect calls with spoofed numbers by sending a real-time RCS message to the legitimate owner "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-06-15 21:21 +0200

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