Let’s Destroy Robocalls

Re:Let’s Destroy Robocalls by nathan_long on Monday March 04, 2019 @03:57PM (#19305379)

The nightmare case for whitelisting is an emergency call from or on behalf of your spouse or child using a stranger's phone. This is why I don't want a whitelist.

What I want is for spammers specifically to be identifiable and blockable, or for their business to be made prohibitively expensive. I didn't get spam calls on my cell phone 15 years ago, and as you say, what has changed is largely economics. Why can't we work to adjust the economics back?

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Re:Let’s Destroy Robocalls by ilikehurdles on Monday March 04, 2019 @06:20PM (#19306668)

I treat my phone as if it’s on a whitelist anyway. I can’t imagine how people do otherwise. If it’s an unknown number, I reject it. If they leave a voicemail, I’ll get notified and I’ll check it pretty soon after the call. Every day I get no less than two unwanted calls from scams and robocallers. I don’t have time for that.

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Re:Let’s Destroy Robocalls by nathan_long on Tuesday March 05, 2019 @04:06PM (#19314241)

I do that, too. But I didn't always have to, and I shouldn't have to, that's my point.

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Re:Let’s Destroy Robocalls by neuralRiot on Monday March 04, 2019 @04:31PM (#19305755)

I only answer calls from contacts, i ran into this scenario a few weeks ago, my wife lost her phone and wanted to contact me to locate it with "find my iphone" she just text me from her coworker's phone, no problem at all.

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Re:Let’s Destroy Robocalls by Scoundreller on Monday March 04, 2019 @05:17PM (#19306148)

Sounds like some next century level “how to track anyone”. Just send an SMS from a random (non-spoofed) phone number, ask to do a “find my iPhone.”

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Re:Let’s Destroy Robocalls by neuralRiot on Monday March 04, 2019 @05:23PM (#19306199)

Yeah, that would sound suspicious but she just let me know that she was calling from a diferent number.

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