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Anyone ever used this before wanted to get some feedback possibly ๐Ÿ‘€

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[โ€“] helenslunch@feddit.nl 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

All spam-blocking apps work the same way (with the exception of Google products like Call Screen) and they're typically useless due to things like number spoofing.

I just use Fossify Phone or whatever to send all unknown callers directly to voicemail.

[โ€“] lidd1ejimmy@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

Yea better off changing phone numbers. Also there is a service that said they wipe your data to stop spam calls and other junk messages but not sure how effective that could be either.

[โ€“] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 5 points 4 months ago

reading the description, it'll be most effective in the US because of the STIR attestation being one of the criteria. other than that, it'll probably work as well as the rules you configure.

[โ€“] jet@hackertalks.com 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Get a phone number from a area code you don't know anyone in (montana for example), route all calls from that area code to voice mail, never ring. 99% of spam is solved.

[โ€“] lidd1ejimmy@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

A lot of the spam I get now is from the same area code as me

[โ€“] Tazerface@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

The spammers, afaik, are using voip numbers. Regardless or where the spammer lives they can get a number for any area code.

[โ€“] Tazerface@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

I get very little spam since I ported my cell number to voip. I figure they have filters in place.