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I’ll bet you get them too – those unsolicited marketing calls from automated systems set up to dial numbers from a database at all hours of the day and night! If you and your family still use a standard landline or VoIP carrier for your home phone or small business, chances are pretty high that you’re receiving these annoying calls. The FTC regulates against most of this type of intrusion into our personal lives, it just hasn’t been very effective because much of the illegal activity is off-shore and out of reach for prosecution. And of course, in these situations, being on the ‘Do Not Call’ list (https://www.donotcall.gov/) doesn’t provide much relief, either (though we still recommend that you register).