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Re:FCC will require phone carriers to authenticate calls by ... by prawn on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @08:26PM (#22744361)
I'd noticed that initial silence thing as well, but mostly because I answer and speak immediately. The spammers generally have a lag on their software and connect shortly after my greeting. Then while I'm waiting in silence, they've missed that sign of life and sit there doing nothing.
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Re:FCC will require phone carriers to authenticate calls by ... by cletus on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @08:30PM (#22744392)
So again, I don't really have a provable basis for this, but I don't want to give positive proof that they've reached a live human. I feel like that's a recipe for getting continually called.
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