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I've quit answering any unknown calls due to this out of control robocall spam. At first I felt tinges of anxiety thinking that I might miss an important call,

by nugget 9y ago

I've quit answering any unknown calls due to this out of control robocall spam. At first I felt tinges of anxiety thinking that I might miss an important call, but that passed very quickly. Now I figure that if it's really important the interested party will find another way to reach me (email, sms) and I feel zero anxiety. It's an interesting change in behavior. I'd almost be willing to use an app that restricted calls to my address book plus a whitelisted group of vetted companies.

johnnyb9 9y ago
My attitude as well. If someone wanted to get in touch with me for something important, I imagine they would leave a voicemail or text or email me. In my iPhone I have "do not disturb" setup and it only allows people in my address book through.
- jrnichols 9y ago
  I ended up subscribing ($19/yr) to NoMoRobo and it's worked well so far. Hiya was moved to a secondary position. That and T-Mobile's Call Protect (free) and the number of junk phone calls has dropped to maybe 2 a week, where it was up to 5-7 a day.
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fapjacks 9y ago
The Android app for this is called Extreme Call Blocker, and it's easily the best money I've ever spent on an app. It is event-based behavior that you define. For example, I whitelist my contacts, and anytime I receive a call from any other number, it picks up the phone and immediately hangs up, and I receive no notifications whatsoever. This has the nice effect of denying any access to voicemail. For my contacts, I have ECB let it ring a few times, and then also deny voicemail to people in my whitelist. Obviously I hate voicemail. Then, if ECB ends up picking-up-hanging-up-to-prevent-voicemail on a few of my special contacts after I don't answer (e.g. coworkers or family), I have it set up to helpfully send a "form SMS" to the contact telling them I'm not available and to call again or SMS if it's an emergency. Absolutely the best app I've ever purchased.

by nugget 9y ago

johnnyb9 9y ago

My attitude as well. If someone wanted to get in touch with me for something important, I imagine they would leave a voicemail or text or email me. In my iPhone I have "do not disturb" setup and it only allows people in my address book through.

jrnichols 9y ago
I ended up subscribing ($19/yr) to NoMoRobo and it's worked well so far. Hiya was moved to a secondary position. That and T-Mobile's Call Protect (free) and the number of junk phone calls has dropped to maybe 2 a week, where it was up to 5-7 a day.

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fapjacks 9y ago

The Android app for this is called Extreme Call Blocker, and it's easily the best money I've ever spent on an app. It is event-based behavior that you define. For example, I whitelist my contacts, and anytime I receive a call from any other number, it picks up the phone and immediately hangs up, and I receive no notifications whatsoever. This has the nice effect of denying any access to voicemail. For my contacts, I have ECB let it ring a few times, and then also deny voicemail to people in my whitelist. Obviously I hate voicemail. Then, if ECB ends up picking-up-hanging-up-to-prevent-voicemail on a few of my special contacts after I don't answer (e.g. coworkers or family), I have it set up to helpfully send a "form SMS" to the contact telling them I'm not available and to call again or SMS if it's an emergency. Absolutely the best app I've ever purchased.