3 ms·
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 ca
by 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 agoAndroid 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 agoSpam call numbers are randomly generated. Blacklisting can’t work without collateral damage.
- egdod 7y agoI’m surprised it helps at all. Why wouldn’t a robocaller generate a new random number every time?
- manigandham 7y agoThey 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.