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My "super senior" mother gets at least five robocalls a day on her land line. It's getting totally out of control, and I worry that someone will take advantage
by whyenot 10y ago
My "super senior" mother gets at least five robocalls a day on her land line. It's getting totally out of control, and I worry that someone will take advantage of her. I really wish someone would come up with something like a spam email black list for phone numbers ...or any technical solution to this problem that is simple and accessible to seniors.
- roflchoppa 10y agoyeah my grandma gets the same calls, the same individual would call her everyday, 4 times within a span of like 30-60min. It was super stressful for her because shes expecting calls from her family. Ended up complaining to the FCC, then having to go into the Vonage account and blocking the numbers from in there. I wonder how many people that fell for the IRS scam were seniors?
- rblatz 10y agoYou should look into getting her set up with NoMoRobo https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11792983 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11792983
- sukilot 10y agoReplace her home phone with a VOIP system?
- Pxtl 10y agoI want to get my 8-year-old son a phone and I see the same problem. My dream would be that I could put a password on calls to him - that is, if somebody phones him not on a whitelist, they get a request for a PIN. If they can't do it, it gives them my number.