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afo
9y ago
We don’t have enough data to protect Canada yet but we’re working on it. Do you get robocalls from US area codes too?
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afo
9y ago
Good catch. I think I know what’s going on and what needs to get fixed. Thanks!
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afo
9y ago
Right now, we only grab one recording per phone number so that's the date that we recorded it. But, the response to our sampling system has been really strong so we're expanding that to grab one recording per day per number. That
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afo
9y ago
The spammers rotate through new numbers every few hours. We're actually adding 1,300 new numbers per day and the full blacklist is over 700k entries. As for getting connected to the phone system - Yeah, they have to jump on the phone
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afo
9y ago
Actually, First Orion/PrivacyStar powers the T-Mobile spam product. Samsung does partner with Hiya, though.
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afo
9y ago
Yeah, those guys are great. I run into them at security conferences all the time. Their tech is mainly aimed at the financial sector to make sure the person calling in is who they say they are. In our case, we don't/can't ana
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9y ago
Founder of Nomorobo here. We put a stop to all of those annoying robocalls, telemarketers, and spam/scam calls and texts. It's about the only thing that works nowadays. It's not your imagination - these types of calls are out