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Re:Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% prote... by nytesky on Monday November 09, 2020 @02:21PM (#25038634)
I have seen some companies that call have pre-loaded Caller ID. Why don’t Apple or Google provide a service that guarantees that the Contact tracing service always calls with a Caller ID, and Apple/Google could even mark it as verified. I think many businesses would pay for this service as it saves money on having to contact existing customers and reduces fraud.
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Re:Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% prote... by usrusr on Monday November 09, 2020 @03:42PM (#25039628)
One thing that comes to mind, if a call comes in accompanied by screen message of a kind that I have never seen before I'd be twice as alarmed as with just some random unknown number calling. I might end up googling recently updated apps for news of a malware takeover instead of answering the call.

But it would be a good idea nonetheless, it only requires to be accompanied by a serious information campaign preparing first time receivers for the surprise.

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Re:Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% prote... by therealx on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @12:30AM (#25043053)
Semi related, but some services (trapcall, for one) offer a very cheap service that punches through called ID spoofing via AMI, and offer blocking on public and private lists, really help.
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Re:Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% prote... by throwaways885 on Monday November 09, 2020 @02:31PM (#25038797)
I believe they already do this.
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Re:Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% prote... by nytesky on Monday November 09, 2020 @03:41PM (#25039612)
Then why aren’t pollsters and contact tracers doing this so none of miss those calls?
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Re:Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% prote... by throwaway3699 on Monday November 09, 2020 @07:07PM (#25041471)
I don't want pollsters calling me. Nor contact tracers. They can send an email if it's essential.
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