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UPDATED: Well... looks like I've l̶o̶s̶t̶ won the battle against scam callers
gnuarm:
--- Quote from: tom66 on August 05, 2023, 09:13:35 am ---
--- Quote from: gnuarm on August 03, 2023, 10:41:57 pm ---It doesn't work that way. Just like boiler rooms can spring up overnight, these VOIP routing companies spring up overnight and operate until they have to pay a bill or two. The payments are not made in real time.
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Well, make them pay a deposit upfront for the first 1,000 calls, and cut their connection if they don't pay up. It's really not that difficult, it's just that phone companies aren't motivated to stop it.
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Who's going to make them pay anything??? They are in another country, dealing with a company in another country, dealing with a company in another country!!!
You can't legislate this away. If we could, we would also be able to end copyright infringement, email scams and all manner of other issues, that originate in other countries.
Good luck with your idea.
gnuarm:
:-+
Halcyon:
2024 UPDATE.
Since my original post, the number of scam calls has reduced to zero.
However over the past few weeks, I've been finding that I'm on some kind of marketing list. I've been getting callers actually leaving voice messages. Regardless, it's all rubbish and they've probably matched my name, job title and phone number from somewhere else.
As of today, I'm no longer accepting any "traditional" or "unencrypted" calls to my number. If you try to call, you'll get a standard network error message and the call will terminate. No option to leave a message.
We'll see how this goes... Is it just me or has regular telephony just become so polluted with garbage that it's no longer viable?
Shonky:
What is an encrypted phone call?
Halcyon:
--- Quote from: Shonky on January 23, 2024, 07:25:54 am ---What is an encrypted phone call?
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For me, it means calls via the Signal application (but still using my phone number). But Whatsapp and other VoIP services could also fall into this category. Most of my contacts use Signal for messaging and voice/video calls.
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