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Re:Show HN: Call Me Private Virtual Number Service by criddell on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @09:55AM (#15905935)
Why is the phone-spam problem so hard to fix?

I get far more spam calls than non-spam calls. I wish my phone had a setting to ring only for callers in my address book and then give a busy signal to all other callers.

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Re:Show HN: Call Me Private Virtual Number Service by jeffmould on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @10:07AM (#15906031)
On Android (at least with Samsung Galaxy 6+) you can put your phone into do not disturb mode (settings, sounds & vibrations, do not disturb), then set up Custom Exceptions to allow calls and texts from Contacts Only.

I believe you can also do the above on an iPhone, but not 100% positive. My GF has it setup and I'll have to ask her how she did it.

As an added measure, under phone settings, you can block calls from unknown callers as well.

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Re:Show HN: Call Me Private Virtual Number Service by millzlane on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @10:11AM (#15906063)
You should check out "Should I answer?" It's basically like a spam caller block subscription service for android.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mistergrou...

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