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Select "Silence unknown callers" and you're done. Last month I had a flurry of spam texts and calls. I moved the slider to the "enable" side a few weeks ago an
by MR4D 4y ago
Select "Silence unknown callers" and you're done.
Last month I had a flurry of spam texts and calls. I moved the slider to the "enable" side a few weeks ago and have had zero issues since.
- frizkie 4y agoThis is a great feature but it's a huge double-edged sword. I need to remember to turn it off when I'm expecting a call from an unpredictable number, and then I need to remember to turn it back on again after I receive the call. It would be great if I could turn it off for some number of hours or days.
- zonkedwheel 4y agoI've had the same issue if I am expecting a call but not sure what number it will ne. But iIf you already know the number, adding that to contacts will solve the problem ?
- alistairSH 4y agoNumbers I didn’t know and had to turn off “silence unknown callers”… recruiters/hiring managers, freight deliveries, doctors, pharmacy. The feature mostly works, but needing to remember to disable it when a call is expected is annoying.
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- nytesky 4y agoI use a Google Voice number for all of my delivery, business, etc phone calls. It has built in verbal call screening and the smarter spam filtering, and thus my personal iPhone # can be exclusive for my white listed personal calls.
- lelandfe 4y agoSadly, soo many services refuse to accept Voice numbers. Most recent example: I tried to submit positive feedback to an airline and their form rejects any Google Voice numbers, mandating a "real" phone number instead.
- nytesky 4y agoTrue. Would they accept Ooma number? Wish I could pay like $5/month for a forward only number that worked everywhere.
- gnicholas 4y agoI use GV also and use call screening. But it still rings through for me quite a bit with spam, so I now keep DND turned on, and if I get VMs then I return the call. Not ideal, but better than giving out my real phone number.
- wilg 4y agoMy strategy is to have my voicemail say that I don't get calls from unknown numbers and to text or call again if it is urgent.
- frizkie 4y agoI think this strategy would be a winner if I thought that most people would bother listening to my mailbox message.
- dereg 4y agoI would have this on if it wasn't for the fact that I get calls from delivery drivers, who all have unknown numbers, and for whom the notification must be immediate.
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- robbyking 4y agoI'm always paranoid that I'm going to miss a call from one of the million numbers that come from my kiddo's school.
- tomcam 4y agoThat and our doctors' offices are starting to call from random numbers. Sigh
- derwiki 4y agoBuy a Twilio number that forwards to your real number. Then whoever has that number can call it, and it will ring you from the known Twilio number. Add to address book and voila!
- dereg 4y agoThis is a simple and neat idea. I'll try it on the weekend.
- clamprecht 4y agoDo spammers not call Twilio numbers?
- derefr 4y agoI don't know about calls, but I definitely get spam SMSes on my persistent Twilio SMS numbers.
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- ako 4y agoHospitals and MDs often use unrecognizable phone numbers, you may want to receive those.
- CPLX 4y agoPeople always say this but if this is true: 1) You have a kid AND 2) You're not currently looking right at that kid Then you need to pick up calls from random numbers basically every time. Just the way life is.
- MR4D 4y agoFor those of you that want to learn more about this feature, Apple has a page describing how it works as well as how calls get through. It’s a simple read and worth the minute or so if you use the feature. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32757077 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32757077
- wl 4y agoI do this. I missed a hospital calling about a family member. They should have left a voicemail, but they didn't.
- JustSomeNobody 4y agoBe sure to turn it back off when you're waiting for a call to come in from the plumber, A/C tech, etc.
- twobitshifter 4y agoI forgot this was turned on and missed a call from a recruiter once.
- oneeyedpigeon 4y agoThey didn't leave a voicemail? Weird of them to leave money on the table like that for the sake of a few extra seconds.
- bergenty 4y agoWhat is unknown? Someone not in your contacts? That’s just not feasible, I receive a lot of first time callers especially from work.