T-Mobile Confirms It Was Hacked

Re:T-Mobile Confirms It Was Hacked by saxonww on Monday August 16, 2021 @04:55PM (#28202840)

I'm on Google Fi and get car warranty calls all the time.

The only technique that works is to not answer the phone unless it's from a known contact. Most spam stuff won't leave a message, or it will be a consistent ~4 seconds of silence. Fi (or Android? IDK) has a call screening function which 9/10 if I send something to it, they will hang up before the automated preamble finishes.

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Re:T-Mobile Confirms It Was Hacked by brandonhorst on Monday August 16, 2021 @05:04PM (#28202954)

Google Fi and Google Voice are not the same thing - Fi has no such built-in protection.

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Re:T-Mobile Confirms It Was Hacked by aesh2Xa1 on Monday August 16, 2021 @09:11PM (#28204962)

I think they do have the same feature, despite being different services. In fact, I believe that the call screen service is offered even on any Pixel phone, regardless of carrier (Google Fi).

https://support.google.com/voice/answer/9262934

https://support.google.com/phoneapp/answer/9118387

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Re:T-Mobile Confirms It Was Hacked by samstave on Monday August 16, 2021 @06:10PM (#28203579)

I think we need an automated Invoice Filing System for "warranty calls" billed directly to the auto companies.

In addition to the Hilton and Marriott Hotel Chains for their "You recently stayed at the [Hotel]" calls...

I was an elite member at Marriott for years, and I am convinced that my numbers were released in their breaches.

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