Something is wrong when the ‘telephone app’ on your phone becomes 3rd party

Re:Something is wrong when the ‘telephone app’ on your phone... by muppetman on Thursday May 04, 2017 @02:55PM (#14267637)

This must be an American thing. In New Zealand I still use the phone app for talking to people. I've never recieved a spam call - a few calls from companies I already donate too asking for more etc, but that's it. How many "bad" calls do you get a month?

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Re:Something is wrong when the ‘telephone app’ on your phone... by wlesieutre on Thursday May 04, 2017 @03:14PM (#14267791)

10-15, which is far more than I get legitimate phone calls

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Re:Something is wrong when the ‘telephone app’ on your phone... by woolinsilver on Thursday May 04, 2017 @04:28PM (#14268485)

I have never received one. Ever. I have had a mobile phone for twenty years. This problem seems very specific to the US.

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Re:Something is wrong when the ‘telephone app’ on your phone... by manquer on Saturday May 06, 2017 @04:28AM (#14279310)

I don't think it is specific to only US, in India i get on average 10/week, I never had a problem in Germany though.. it depends on regulations i guess

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Re:Something is wrong when the ‘telephone app’ on your phone... by djsumdog on Friday May 05, 2017 @01:39AM (#14271349)

It is an American thing. I had 2 degrees and Telecom (or Spark or whatever the fuck they are now) and never had any spam that I recall. Coming back to the US, my number got text spam on a number I literally gave to no one. -_-

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Re:Something is wrong when the ‘telephone app’ on your phone... by mcpherrinm on Thursday May 04, 2017 @05:26PM (#14268985)

I get about 2 per week. This was true in Canada & the US -- Canada used to be much worse but has gotten better.

However, in both cases, it was nearly 100% spam. I talk to family via video chats, and friends via facebook, hangouts, whatsapp, etc.

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