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My takeaway: Never, ever talk to anyone over an incoming call. Always, always initiate the call yourself, and to the official number.
by cgijoe 7y ago
My takeaway: Never, ever talk to anyone over an incoming call. Always, always initiate the call yourself, and to the official number.
- DonaldFisk 7y agoIf someone claiming to be from your bank calls you, it isn't safe to hang up and call on the official number, unless you call the bank on a different line. The original call doesn't end until the calling party hangs up, and they might spoof a dialling tone and then a ringtone.
- riyakhanna1983 7y agoHow do you spoof "dialing tone" on a smartphone?
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- cortesoft 7y agoThat is only on VERY old land line systems... in fact, I don't think any exist anymore (the lasts ones were phased out a few years ago)
- miles 7y agoNew scam keeps fraudsters connected after victim hangs up https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/line-in-trapping-technology-1.5387822 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/line-in-trapping-techn... "Scammers using line-trapping technology to trick victims, police warn"
- duckmysick 7y agoWhat is line-trapping? The article doesn't explain how it works and which devices are vulnerable. I tried to look it up but the results aren't helpful. They are either rewrites of the same article or irrelevant pages about wildlife trapping. I suspect they affect landlines, but the articles have confusing photos showing smartphones.
- RandomBacon 7y agoI think I read about it in one Mitnik's books years ago. Basically, if you hang up your landline, it doesn't sever the connection.
- imtringued 7y agoOk, so just call with a different phone.
- cortesoft 7y agoI take it one step further and never answer incoming calls.
- chewz 7y agoI got rid of fixed line and set iPhone to 'ignore calls from numbers not in my contact list'.
- hurricanetc 7y agoHow did you do that??
- faeyanpiraat 7y agoGo into the "Do not disturb" settings, and you can find an option for that there. Having DND enabled all the time could have unintended side effects though.
- hurricanetc 7y agoAh. I had not considered using DND for that purpose. Thanks!
- swat535 7y agoActually there is now a silence unknown caller options if you have an up to date iOS https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT207099 https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT207099
- jstanley 7y agoWhat if your counterparty has the same policy?