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Re:I'm a scam prevention expert and I got scammed by grog454 on Friday April 01, 2022 @12:32AM (#30875217)
Was harassment by exploiting this ever a big problem? Seems like you could call someone and if they pick up, you now control their phone line... indefinitely?
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Re:I'm a scam prevention expert and I got scammed by sumedh on Friday April 01, 2022 @09:29AM (#30877857)
> you now control their phone line... indefinitely?

Some other comments said there was a timeout after which the call was disconnected if the receiver hangs up.

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