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Re:How to Lose a Fortune with Just One Bad Click by ipython on Friday December 20, 2024 @08:14AM (#42470814)
The problem with that, at least on my experience with iPhone, is you can only get the authentication signal after you’ve already hung up. The only thing I see is a small checkmark next to the “location” of the call in my recent call log. I can’t find any indication of a stir/shaken status in the active call screen.

So asking people to take the step to confirm the call is legitimate won’t work- they can’t tell until they’ve already terminated the call. It’s useless for purpose imo.

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Re:How to Lose a Fortune with Just One Bad Click by vel0city on Friday December 20, 2024 @11:16AM (#42472355)
On my Pixel some calls just get auto-rejected. Others will get through but be marked with a red caution symbol for the picture and say "Scam Likely". Then finally sometimes the call will come through with just the number but still have that red caution symbol.

I imagine it is doing something with STIR/SHAKEN along with how many other times similar calls have been flagged as spam calls.

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Re:How to Lose a Fortune with Just One Bad Click by ipython on Friday December 20, 2024 @12:20PM (#42472915)
My carrier has a similar “scam likely” feature but afaik that is not directly tied to stir/shaken. I’ve also signed up to have calls rejected and can see them in the carrier app.

I have reported at least a thousand different scam calls over the past two years and so my blocked number list is so large it freezes the phone for a minute or so while it loads. Still the scammers persist…

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