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Re:FCC fines robocaller record $120M by mikeash on Friday May 11, 2018 @11:51AM (#17048271)
Some of it is just a matter of associating the name “Telemarketer” with a phone number. I still see those calls, but can immediately identify them.

Stuff it’s more confident about gets blocked outright. I think they’re automating what they’d do if you went into your account and manually blocked a number.

Re:FCC fines robocaller record $120M by rconti on Friday May 11, 2018 @12:57PM (#17048902)
I already have a /dev/null contact with a silent ringer but the telemarketers (especially the neighbor dialing) almost never uses the same number twice. Still hopeful the ATT app helps though.
Re:FCC fines robocaller record $120M by mikeash on Friday May 11, 2018 @02:23PM (#17049662)
Their list automatically updates based on whatever mysterious processes happen in their end, so it should be an improvement over manually blocking numbers after you get a spam call. Hopefully it will help a little bit. It's definitely not a cure, but we have to take what we can.