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I think there are privacy regulations that prevent the phone company from deanonymizing a caller without a warrant. Or at least that’s the excuse I’ve heard ci
by BonesJustice 8y ago
I think there are privacy regulations that prevent the phone company from deanonymizing a caller without a warrant. Or at least that’s the excuse I’ve heard cited before.
- bluGill 8y agoIf you are on the do not call list a warrant SHOULD be easy to get though.
- komali2 8y agoI'll give it a shot, I get about five per day.
- bluGill 8y agoGood luck. It seems like it should be possible to track these people down, but the effort is high enough that I just can't get the energy to bother.
- vorpalhex 8y agoSeveral phone carriers have free anti-spam settings you can enable. The one for t-mobile has been pretty solid.
- komali2 8y agoI use T-mobile, but unfortunately have a google voice number. I guess having my calls forwarded from gvoice somehow disables this feature. As for google voice, I have no idea how many spam calls it's intercepting, but about five a day get through.
- TallGuyShort 8y agoThrough what agency? My local police just give you a pamphlet on avoiding phone scams. And nothing that I've seen has come from my diligent reporting to the FCC. I doubt the FBI is going to give me the time of day. I just don't answer unknown numbers in my phone anymore.
- bluGill 8y agoThat is why I said should. You would need to be a lawyer to navigate the court system. For the local police, you have to push them. They are as lazy as anyone else. They also see murder and speeding as more important crimes to focus on - you need to be annoying enough that they help. You may need to walk into court yourself to get the warrant with no police help - something you can do in theory, but in practice I don't know if anyone has ever done it.