Re:FCC closes telemarketing loophole used by scammers
by cabaalis on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @12:55PM
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> everyone I've talked about it with now refuses to pick up any call from a number they don't recognize
This is true, and also burned me last weekend. My dog set off my alarm system and the phone identified ADT as "potential spam" so I didn't answer it. The police showed up at my house. Fixed by adding ADT to my contacts, but the distrust is real.
Re:FCC closes telemarketing loophole used by scammers
by reaperducer on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @12:32PM
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everyone I've talked about it with now refuses to pick up any call from a number they don't recognize
I wish this was the case where I work. My boss answers every single call that comes in to her cell phone. Sometimes 15 a day. Then everyone in the office has to listen as she tries to interrupt the sales pitch and tell them "take me off your mailing (!) list."
And she's a millennial. I thought millennials didn't use voice.
At least on personal devices/lines, everyone I've talked about it with now refuses to pick up any call from a number they don't recognize, which is really the only option when 2/3 of the calls you get daily are spam. Most just assume that if it's important, the caller will leave a message.