> The notable take-away from that for me is: why aren't these agencies using registered caller/sender IDs for calls and texts? For calls that you actually see

> The notable take-away from that for me is: why aren't these agencies using registered caller/sender IDs for calls and texts? For calls that you actually see coming in live, I think that would have worked. But for text or missed calls, I think it just isn't true. I think many of us are conditioned to just treat everything that isn't a known contact as garbage and block our brains from even really seeing it. Robocallers and scammers did this to us. I'd say the only real solution is that whoever has your phone number and would be the one to report you missing should make it clear that they are going to do that, and tell you who would be contacting you if so. Make sure your phone will notify you if those entities then try to contact you, even if you have silenced it in general.