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The phone system needs to be changed so we get the full stack with every call, along with the name of the caller, so customers can block shit en masse uBlock Or
by MiddleEndian 4y ago
The phone system needs to be changed so we get the full stack with every call, along with the name of the caller, so customers can block shit en masse uBlock Origin style.
The number of VOIP callers I want to contact me: 1 (my doorbell (I assume it's VOIP, not sure))
The number of non-US callers I want to contact me: 2 (family members who could just contact me in other ways)
Even if I have "agreed" to let some company contact me, like the phone company or my ISP, I'd still rather not receive calls from them.
- from 4y ago> The number of non-US callers I want to contact me But non-US callers can get US numbers. Do you want the phone company to fax over a passport scan of everyone who calls you?
- beckingz 4y agoHonestly, yes.
- MiddleEndian 4y agoI don't care about an individual's actual country of origin. Plenty of my friends are not American. But if I get a call that has any hops from an international network, then I want to block it, because it is spam (barring my two family members). If a phone company does not provide information about all the hops, then all calls from that company should be blocked as well. Ideally phone providers would not be allowed to forward calls from such a network at all.
- MiddleEndian 4y agoAlso to follow up on my previous message since it's too late to edit it, I actually don't think anyone should be able to call me on the phone without providing me their full name. I also don't think anyone should be able to send me physical mail without me approving each individual piece of mail through some sort of digital service that I would likely ignore.