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I believe Google Voice has already solved this problem. Just as with email, click report spam and the whole user-base benefits. I suppose Google could share t
by sahaj 14y ago
I believe Google Voice has already solved this problem. Just as with email, click report spam and the whole user-base benefits. I suppose Google could share that phone number list with others providers.
- elliottcarlson 14y agoWith the ease of obtaining phone numbers there probably needs to be a different approach as well. Blocking a set of their outbound numbers would prove nothing more than a brief annoyance - not to mention CID spoofing still being a possibility from VOIP companies that allow it.
- ffk 14y agoFurthering this argument, if a robocaller uses a phone number briefly and discards the number after it is banned, the next user attempting to make a legitimate emergency call using the banned number may not get through.
- tomjen3 14y agoBut that is a good thing, since it will make an incentive to prevent robocalls, just like there is an incentive to not forward mails.
- elliottcarlson 14y agoExcellent point - it seems that tightening up the ease of getting a new number would be important - yet that just causes other issues, people just don't want to have to jump through hoops.
- dredmorbius 14y agoThat requires a centralized management/routing system and sufficiently strong point of origin / point of control auditing. My understanding of present voice systems is that the second is strongly lacking. Content-based analysis (possible for asyncronous text-based comms such as email) doesn't fit so well with voice.
- pixie_ 14y agoI agree. On top of this we need a 'mark as spam' button next to the hang up button in Android.