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Spam calls and texts are driving me fing crazy anyone have suggestions? (programming.dev)

submitted 9 months ago by catch22@programming.dev to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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After repeated data breaches that no company really seems to give a s--- about my phone is blowing up with literally hundreds of spam calls and texts month. I get and make MAAAAYBE 2 or 3 important calls per month, 180-200 of the rest are literally all spam. Anyone have any suggestions, apps ect that they have found refuge with? I really don't use SMS that much either, mostly it's via signal, discord whats app, ect...

Just to put it out there I run CalyxOS on a Pixel 5a.

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[-] pan_troglodytes@programming.dev 27 points 9 months ago

so, your mileage may vary but here's what I do:

people I want to talk to are in my contacts list
I ignore all other incoming calls
voicemail is a filter. use it.

[-] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 26 points 9 months ago

If they don’t leave a voicemail, then it’s either spam or not urgent.

Fuck the people (like my boss) who say “You’re so hard to get hold of”. Send a message or leave a voicemail, you caveman.

[-] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 4 points 9 months ago

Or a debt collector. Fuck those people.

[-] BurningRiver@beehaw.org 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I keep my voicemail full. Text me if you need to talk from a number I don’t have in my contacts

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