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There's legislation to stop robocalls. How many have you gotten in the last 24 hours? I've had 3, and it's been a pretty typical day.

by egdod 7y ago

nutjob2 7y ago
Meanwhile I haven't gotten any in many years, because my spam call filter works a treat, and always has. Though I am thinking of turning it off and putting up a "Hello? Hello? Sorry I can't hear you could you repeat that. Uhha, go on..." recorded message about 5 minutes long, just to waste their resources. That would actually be a promising addition to a spam filter.
- IceWreck 7y ago
  And that spam call filter probably requires proprietary software, which has access to your call logs and theres every chance that the spam filter app company can steal your data. > Though I am thinking of turning it off and putting up a "Hello? Hello? Sorry I can't hear you could you repeat that. Uhha, go on..." recorded message about 5 minutes long, just to waste their resources. That would actually be a promising addition to a spam filter. This a nice idea but on the rare occasion that your filter incorrectly blocks the wrong person, you might be annoying someone who really needs to talk to you.
  - tylerl 7y ago
    Android phones do it automatically, assuming your carrier hasn't monkeyed with the phone app. I think Google keeps a spam probability score for callers' phone numbers based on how many people have marked a call as spam.
    - tatersolid 7y ago
      Spam call numbers are randomly generated. Blacklisting can’t work without collateral damage.
      - egdod 7y ago
        I’m surprised it helps at all. Why wouldn’t a robocaller generate a new random number every time?
        manigandham 7y ago
        They do. The common strategy is to pick numbers with the same area code to pretend to be legal, and some advanced callers try and pick numbers that match even more recognizable digits (like your office). All this traffic is a major source of revenue for VOIP operators.
lucb1e 7y ago
I never had one in my life. I'm 27 and have had the same number since I was ~13 or so. I did get a few spam text messages, maybe one every three years.
1000units 7y ago
The richest companies on the planet don't robocall me, but they do stalk me all over the internet and wherever I bring my phone, which I consider worse.
distances 7y ago
I have never received one. Nor have I gotten any SMS spam.

There's legislation to stop robocalls. How many have you gotten in the last 24 hours? I've had 3, and it's been a pretty typical day.

by egdod 7y ago

There's legislation to stop robocalls. How many have you gotten in the last 24 hours? I've had 3, and it's been a pretty typical day.

nutjob2 7y ago

Meanwhile I haven't gotten any in many years, because my spam call filter works a treat, and always has. Though I am thinking of turning it off and putting up a "Hello? Hello? Sorry I can't hear you could you repeat that. Uhha, go on..." recorded message about 5 minutes long, just to waste their resources. That would actually be a promising addition to a spam filter.

IceWreck 7y ago
And that spam call filter probably requires proprietary software, which has access to your call logs and theres every chance that the spam filter app company can steal your data. > Though I am thinking of turning it off and putting up a "Hello? Hello? Sorry I can't hear you could you repeat that. Uhha, go on..." recorded message about 5 minutes long, just to waste their resources. That would actually be a promising addition to a spam filter. This a nice idea but on the rare occasion that your filter incorrectly blocks the wrong person, you might be annoying someone who really needs to talk to you.
- tylerl 7y ago
  Android phones do it automatically, assuming your carrier hasn't monkeyed with the phone app. I think Google keeps a spam probability score for callers' phone numbers based on how many people have marked a call as spam.
  - tatersolid 7y ago
    Spam call numbers are randomly generated. Blacklisting can’t work without collateral damage.
    - egdod 7y ago
      I’m surprised it helps at all. Why wouldn’t a robocaller generate a new random number every time?
      - manigandham 7y ago
        They do. The common strategy is to pick numbers with the same area code to pretend to be legal, and some advanced callers try and pick numbers that match even more recognizable digits (like your office). All this traffic is a major source of revenue for VOIP operators.

lucb1e 7y ago

I never had one in my life. I'm 27 and have had the same number since I was ~13 or so. I did get a few spam text messages, maybe one every three years.

1000units 7y ago

The richest companies on the planet don't robocall me, but they do stalk me all over the internet and wherever I bring my phone, which I consider worse.

distances 7y ago

I have never received one. Nor have I gotten any SMS spam.