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Easy way to avoid this: don't answer the phone
by woah 5y ago
Easy way to avoid this: don't answer the phone
- nonrandomstring 5y agoI think the movie was Phone Booth that begins with the line "A ringing phone demands to be answered" Technology projects a form of authority (disconnected from any real power) in the same way that written words were synonymous to truth for illiterate 13th century peasants. To follow your logic, which I am not criticising as it's a valid approach given how dysfunctional cellphones are as trustable systems, I would say it's better not to have a phone. But there's the road to living in a woodland shack and eating spider and squirrel broth.
- akeck 5y agoThe rule in our family for a number of years now has been, "If the number is not in your address book, let it go to voicemail." We have the landline ringer off and always let it go to voicemail. As an 80/20 solution, it's been remarkably effective so far.
- alana314 5y agoThe scammer spoofed the wells fargo customer service line in caller ID though.