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This is almost exactly what Google is doing. https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/16/18098714/google-assistant-spam-call-screening-pixel-2-xl https://www.theverge.

This is almost exactly what Google is doing. https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/16/18098714/google-assistant-spam-call-screening-pixel-2-xl https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/16/18098714/google-assistan... > ...you can tap the “screen call” button. Google Assistant will then alert the caller that you’re using a screening service and that you’ll receive a copy of the conversation. From then, you can choose to pick up the call, hang up, or block the number.

fitzroy 8y ago
Oh, that's great (and now I feel validated that my feature requests aren't crazy). Google definitely seems to be ahead in layering on top of traditional telephony to fix the limitations. I've used a Google Voice number for ages for this kind of stuff, and basically just never answer it.