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My doctor once needed to reach me about something important. He called me from a random desk phone at the hospital. My phone setup at the time rejected it with
by tatersolid 8y ago
My doctor once needed to reach me about something important. He called me from a random desk phone at the hospital. My phone setup at the time rejected it with no voicemail option for the caller.
Same thing happens in all sorts of real-life situations; whitelisting to numbers in your contacts list can be a serious problem.
Cryptographically Authenticated caller ID, including a human or organization name, seems to be the only real solution.
- EliRivers 8y agoSure. Thus far, anyone who really does need to reach me for something important finds a way to do so that doesn't involve me answering their call. I also don't bother with voicemail; turned it off. I never bothered checking it, so it was creating unrealistic expectations that I'd get their message. Sure, it's a risk. One day someone could try to phone me with life-or-death information, completely out of the blue (if I was waiting for a life-or-death call, I'd be expecting the phone to ring so might answer it). This is a risk I choose to take, in exchange for not answering the phone. I'm usually not near it anyway, so miss most calls as it is. It's the future, everyone; stop answering the phone!