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Ask HN: How to get out of Robocall Hell?
I have an Android phone. I have received 5 robocalls today, the first at 9:33AM, the most recent at 4:28PM. This is ridiculous!
Does anyone know of a solution that does the following: 1) If the calling # is in my contacts, it will ring. 2) If the calling # is not in my contacts, it goes to voicemail (only 1 robocaller in the last 2 years has left a voicemail). I've looked through all of the settings, and none of them provide this simple (seemingly obvious to me) behavior.
The problem is this: I DON'T TRUST MOST OF THE APP STORE APPS! I don't want them uploading my contacts to a server. I don't want them sending my incoming call information to a server. I don't want spyware/adware/crapware.
In the infinite wisdom of the Hacker News masses, surely someone knows of a safe, inexpensive, privacy-preserving solution!?!
- nummy 9y agohttp://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/deals-shopping/fl-bz-doreen-christensen-how-to-stop-robo-calls-20170421-story.html http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/deals-shopping/fl-bz-do...
- AnimalMuppet 9y agoI don't know if the app you want exists. But I'm pretty sure someone here can write it. And if you want it, maybe a fair number of other people do, too.
- bradknowles 9y agoI have a similar problem on my iPhone. I have it set to silent ring at all times, and I have extensions like NoMoRobo installed to defend against known bad actors, but I would much prefer a whitelist solution. Now that Twilio is doing a beta test of their version of Functions/Serverless, I've been thinking I might be able to write my own whitelist-only phone service. Problem is, how do I get the approved calls from Twilio back to my iPhone? And how do I do that without exposing that method to robocallers?