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Re:Apple needs to change iPhone’s call UI because robocalls ... by timbit42 on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @08:35PM (#18766514)
I use an app called Should I Answer? It uses crowd sourcing to collect robocalling numbers. My phone doesn't even ring for most of the robocalls now, and the ones it misses, I can add to their database so others won't get them.
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Re:Apple needs to change iPhone’s call UI because robocalls ... by nikanj on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @09:05PM (#18766689)
How does the database work, when it’s just your own number with the last two digits different?
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Re:Apple needs to change iPhone’s call UI because robocalls ... by TheSoftwareGuy on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @09:31PM (#18766792)
I've literally been robocalled from my own number before. I don't think this would work
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Re:Apple needs to change iPhone’s call UI because robocalls ... by Rjevski on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @10:33PM (#18767054)
Depends on the carrier. Proper equipment should be like “WTF? This is obviously spoofed” and reject the call but then again the entire telco industry is fucked up.
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Re:Apple needs to change iPhone’s call UI because robocalls ... by newman8r on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @11:53PM (#18767408)
back in the 2000s, you used to be able to get into most peoples' voicemail by calling someone's phone with it's spoofed number. Lots of people didn't use voicemail passwords.
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