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Re:Google is working on a 'lookup' button for unknown caller... by syngrog66 on Saturday April 06, 2024 @08:21PM (#39956952)
sounds like an optimization on a workflow I already have to do manually all the time: who called me from phone number X?

related: its frustrating/farsical that phone number search is still not a SolvedProblem in 2024

Re:Google is working on a 'lookup' button for unknown caller... by gregmac on Sunday April 07, 2024 @12:26AM (#39958184)
The vast majority of the time, though, the spam calls are spoofing numbers. So even when you look it up, if it actually has a hit (IME most don't), it's almost certainly not what the call is.

Extremely few cases exist that I ever would stop whatever I'm doing to take an unsolicited voice call, except from close family/friends. I can't believe this was ever a thing society accepted.