Trai's new rules may cause OTP delays for you starting Sept 1

[MrJJ]

Trai has ordered telecom companies to stop transmitting messages containing URLs, OTT links, APK files, or call-back numbers unless they have been whitelisted.

Full news: https://www.business-standard.com/i...s-for-you-starting-sept-1-124082600504_1.html

 

[HumorSimpson]

Deadline extended by one month

India escapes SMS outage as Trai rule on hold till September 30

ET reported in its August 24 edition about the impending disruption in delivery of service and transactional messages from banks, financial institutions and ecommerce firms on their mobile phones from next month following the Trai mandate, which was aimed at curbing spam, specifically phishing...

m.economictimes.com

Thanks @MrJJ .

 

[asm07]

Whatsapp is already showing issue in sending otp even before 1st September. Tried to log into a number on 28th, neither received otp nor call. Tried few other numbers, same issue. Till date the issue remains, tried and tested on jio, airtel, bsnl. No other app or services has any issue but whatsapp is legend.

 

[altair21]

not really sure if TOTP is the best way forward considering the tech awareness amongst the general public

 

[kiwi195]

Getting OTP issues already. Some are delayed, some send twice. Some also get sent again after an hour

 

[MrJJ]

𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 : 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 1𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 2024, 𝐎𝐓𝐏𝐬 (𝐎𝐧𝐞-𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬) 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐬;

As of December 1st, OTPs (One-Time Passwords) for online transactions will be delayed by a few seconds. This change aims to enhance security measures and reduce phishing attacks.

Be cautious of phishing scams that may try to exploit this change. 𝑵𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑶𝑻𝑷 𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒅𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒖𝒏𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒔.

Stay safe while transacting online!

Your OTP could get delayed after December 1 as TRAI’s new traceability guidelines to kick in

TRAI’s new traceability rules mandate to track the origin of commercial messages and OTPs in order to restrict fraud, spams and phishing.

www.thehindu.com