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UPDATED: Well... looks like I've l̶o̶s̶t̶ won the battle against scam callers
Halcyon:
I'm wondering if this particular scam call centre has finally removed my number from their rotation. It's gone from at least 1 call per day, to practically zero in the space of a few weeks.
Maybe they finally got the hint that there is no human at the other end of my number to try and scam.
james_s:
--- Quote from: Halcyon on March 25, 2023, 05:16:38 am ---That's all well and good but I don't use Apple devices, mostly because they don't do what I want them to.
--- End quote ---
Apparently neither does the device you do use, although I'd be surprised if there was not a way to configure it to do that.
I've had my iPhone set to only ring on numbers that are in my contact list for years, it's great, it's such a basic feature I assumed every phone had it. Unknown numbers silently show a banner on the screen and go to voicemail.
Halcyon:
--- Quote from: james_s on April 03, 2023, 06:39:26 am ---
--- Quote from: Halcyon on March 25, 2023, 05:16:38 am ---That's all well and good but I don't use Apple devices, mostly because they don't do what I want them to.
--- End quote ---
Apparently neither does the device you do use, although I'd be surprised if there was not a way to configure it to do that.
I've had my iPhone set to only ring on numbers that are in my contact list for years, it's great, it's such a basic feature I assumed every phone had it. Unknown numbers silently show a banner on the screen and go to voicemail.
--- End quote ---
Switching to Apple would solve that one problem, but introduce others, it's not worth changing my entire workflow just for that. There are third party tools which will do the job, however I don't want to install yet another application. I have put in a feature request to Google, it seems like a pretty easy to implement feature, so we'll see how it goes.
As I mentioned, I'm considering sending all calls to voicemail anyway. My phone does not stop all day so I do need to find a way to deal with interruptions. Friends and family call me via Signal anyway so actual important people know how to reach me directly.
gnuarm:
--- Quote from: Halcyon on April 03, 2023, 05:10:39 am ---I'm wondering if this particular scam call centre has finally removed my number from their rotation. It's gone from at least 1 call per day, to practically zero in the space of a few weeks.
Maybe they finally got the hint that there is no human at the other end of my number to try and scam.
--- End quote ---
1 call a day is a misdial. I would love to get my spam calls down to 1 call a day.
gnuarm:
--- Quote from: Halcyon on April 03, 2023, 07:39:36 am ---
--- Quote from: james_s on April 03, 2023, 06:39:26 am ---
--- Quote from: Halcyon on March 25, 2023, 05:16:38 am ---That's all well and good but I don't use Apple devices, mostly because they don't do what I want them to.
--- End quote ---
Apparently neither does the device you do use, although I'd be surprised if there was not a way to configure it to do that.
I've had my iPhone set to only ring on numbers that are in my contact list for years, it's great, it's such a basic feature I assumed every phone had it. Unknown numbers silently show a banner on the screen and go to voicemail.
--- End quote ---
Switching to Apple would solve that one problem, but introduce others, it's not worth changing my entire workflow just for that. There are third party tools which will do the job, however I don't want to install yet another application. I have put in a feature request to Google, it seems like a pretty easy to implement feature, so we'll see how it goes.
As I mentioned, I'm considering sending all calls to voicemail anyway. My phone does not stop all day so I do need to find a way to deal with interruptions. Friends and family call me via Signal anyway so actual important people know how to reach me directly.
--- End quote ---
Not sure how that would help. I can easily screen the calls with caller ID. Anyone who isn't in my directory and is in the local area code is ignored. But they always end up leaving a voicemail which I have to at least check. I've given up and have literally hundreds of messages I'll never listen to. Some might be people I know.
Lately, I've taken to answering, but immediately hanging up.
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