“Do not use your phone to answer phone calls” is not advice as much as it’s a condemnation of regulatory inaction that has led a vital means of communication to ruin.
Reposted from
The Washington Post
The first rule of avoiding scam calls is to never answer unknown numbers, and even some known ones.
Curious? Bored? Worried it’s an emergency? Wait the extra minute it takes for the call to go to voice mail, then decide if it’s legitimate.
Curious? Bored? Worried it’s an emergency? Wait the extra minute it takes for the call to go to voice mail, then decide if it’s legitimate.
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I feel like the industry could have done (a lot) more to address this and have just chosen not to.
While I'm aware that spam calls happen, and have had a couple, it's a couple over the last decade
I hate it when my phone rings, but it's always friends or family
So yeah, regulatory problem
The choke point that regulation should be aimed at is the NANP and making carriers liable for bullshit number spoofing.
Luckily I usually know when they are going to call and everyone else gets sent to VM.
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Because only people who fall for scams answer those polls.
"Don't read your messages."
"Don't click on headlines."
"Don't even think about proposing that what society needs is actually regulatory bodies and support models to make scamming a less desirable means of making a living."
My personal phone, though? Unless there's a circumstance where I need to wait for a call but don't know what number they'll call from, if they're not in my contacts, they can leave a message.
When countries can’t even agree or coordinate on simple common sense things, I’m not holding my breath for this.
Pretty well all other polls are news fodder and little else.
Source - every poll I've given or participated in. Do you really think those five people are meaningful?