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I live in a central European country and receive 0-2 spam calls per month. And that's because my phone number was used by someone else before (it's a company ph
by fearface 7y ago
I live in a central European country and receive 0-2 spam calls per month. And that's because my phone number was used by someone else before (it's a company phone).
Why is this such a big problem in the US?
- sdoering 7y agoRules, regulations and fines. In the end - so called cold calling is forbidden by law (at least in Germany) and it more or less works okayish to fine.
- 05 7y agoUS has a lot of rich old gullible people speaking the same language. Central Europe doesn't, so it's not as cost effective to target. It doesn't help that you can hire a lot of English speaking people for pennies in India to staff the call centers.
- dredmorbius 7y agoLegibility-as-weakness. https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2010/07/26/a-big-little-idea-called-legibility/ https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2010/07/26/a-big-little-idea-call...