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Re:FCC will require phone carriers to authenticate calls by ... by manigandham on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @06:45PM (#22743577)
This is now a feature on both iOS and Android to mute incoming calls that are not a contact. Voicemails still work fine, and with automatic transcription and all the other digital channels still open, there's no real reason to worry about anonymous calls anymore.
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Re:FCC will require phone carriers to authenticate calls by ... by evan_ on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @07:17PM (#22743826)
Yeah this worked really well for me until the county health department called from an unknown number to tell me my child had been exposed to COVID-19.
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Re:FCC will require phone carriers to authenticate calls by ... by manigandham on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @07:49PM (#22744099)
Did they not leave a voicemail? Was there no transcription? How'd you end up getting the info?
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Re:FCC will require phone carriers to authenticate calls by ... by evan_ on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @11:09PM (#22745239)
They called my wife, who didn’t have that set.

They actually also emailed and texted us both so in reality there was no chance of us missing that specific message...

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