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Yes I am. I know iOS allows someone to dial their emergency contact from a locked phone, so in that case I will receive a call from the person's phone that I kn
by uxp 10y ago
Yes I am. I know iOS allows someone to dial their emergency contact from a locked phone, so in that case I will receive a call from the person's phone that I know about. Otherwise, they leave a message and I get to it immediately and call them back.
The reality of an emergency situation where someone I know has me listed as an ICE contact and someone else calls on their behalf from an unknown number is that I cannot do much to help them in a situation that a minute or two of phone-tag would introduce. That's what 911 and other emergency services are for. If you are ever in a situation where you come across someone that has just sustained major injury, who are you going to call first? Their children or spouse to let them know of the situation, or medical help via 911? I'd hope you would chose the latter to get them the critical medical help they need before you inform someone else of the situation.
- criley2 10y agoAdditionally, if you're the emergency contact and I don't answer and you immediately call back, I'll probably pick up. I don't normally block numbers, just let them voicemail me if I don't recognize it, but if a spammer will double-call like that I'll block them, and it means I'll pick up for emergencies.
- pavel_lishin 10y agoDitto for double-call signifying an emergency that I should pick up for, both for people I know and unknown numbers.
- tamana 10y agoHow can you block them? The whole point is that spammers call from unknown numbers. Double calling is just an annoying arms race.
- jerf 10y agoHas anyone ever been double-called by a spammer? Honest question. I never have. I suspect they're generally working on some pretty razor-thin margins with these things nowadays [1], and chasing someone who didn't twitch at the bait is probably a losing proposition for them. [1]: Between all the easy competition and the incurred legal risks. Legal risk is a funny thing because you're basically rolling the dice on being able to collect money without getting in trouble. I wouldn't be surprised a full and honest accounting including legal risks yields a negative net expectation for phone spammers, it's just that even so, some people will get lucky and "win".
- MaulingMonkey 10y ago> Has anyone ever been double-called by a spammer? Honest question. I never have. I have. Most of my spam calls have been of the "Rachel from Cardholder Services" variety - and while they usually dial from different numbers to give me the same damn spiel, a few times I have been double-dialed from the same number.
- criley2 10y agoBoth iOS and Android have various blocking methods, usually built into the OS. They do not prevent the network from connecting to you, only prevent your device from triggering during the call, instead it will be silently ignored.