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[Discuss] CU attempts to end robocalls [OT]



On December 8, 2015, edwardp at openmailbox.org wrote:
>The easiest way to combat this problem, would be to simply not answer
>the call if you do not recognize the incoming phone number.

That's a nice sentiment, but it doesn't scale. On my cell phone, only
2 of these scam calls per week... so far. But my landline gets 10+
scam calls every day. If that happened on my cell phone during work,
while driving, etc., that would be a drain on my time & attention.

--
Dan Barrett
dbarrett at blazemonger.com




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