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Re:The FCC Has Fined Robocallers $208M, Collected $6,790 by dredmorbius on Sunday November 10, 2019 @09:28AM (#21498053)
Blocking all unknown numbers is fairly standard.

Defining a silent ringtone by default, and a non-silent one for your contacts, is another.

Better management tools on phones themselves would be a bonus.

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Re:The FCC Has Fined Robocallers $208M, Collected $6,790 by madiathomas on Monday November 11, 2019 @02:09AM (#21502805)
My phone is always on silent. Unless I am expecting a very important call. I prefer not to be notified. I am even tempted to invest some time and write an app that does exactly what I want -> Reject all calls from unknown numbers.
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Re:The FCC Has Fined Robocallers $208M, Collected $6,790 by dredmorbius on Monday November 11, 2019 @05:53AM (#21503734)
I've opted out of PSTN entirely, for the past few years.
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Re:The FCC Has Fined Robocallers $208M, Collected $6,790 by madiathomas on Monday November 11, 2019 @07:58AM (#21504458)
That's my goal too.
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Re:The FCC Has Fined Robocallers $208M, Collected $6,790 by dredmorbius on Monday November 11, 2019 @08:28PM (#21510691)
If you don't mind my asking, why?

I've identified a few possibly concerns:

- Privacy.

- Avoiding distraction.

- Cost.

Others?

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Re:The FCC Has Fined Robocallers $208M, Collected $6,790 by madiathomas on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @03:38AM (#21522099)
To avoid distraction. Majority of calls I received from landline numbers, are from robocalls.
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Re:The FCC Has Fined Robocallers $208M, Collected $6,790 by dredmorbius on Friday November 15, 2019 @02:01AM (#21542877)
Thanks, interesting, and understandable.
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