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pewgar_seemsimandroid ,

most normal wifi calling.

ResoluteCatnap , (edited )

You can also block calls from unrecognized numbers. Doesn’t stop them from being able to leave a voicemail though which is both good and bad

From that screen-> three dots -> settings -> blocked numbers -> block calls from unknown numbers.

finestnothing ,

Highly recommend getting on the national do not call list www.donotcall.gov . Doesn’t stop all spam calls, but it shrunk the amount I got at least

IllNess ,

These calls might be from lawyers. Check your mail and see if you are getting mail from lawyers. They are all trying to beat each other to get you to sign with them.

MummifiedClient5000 ,

Sounds like spam to me.

thepreciousboar ,

How would random laywers have access to your number?

IllNess ,

I don’t know how all states operate but they have access to police reports that have your contact info. If it doesn’t have your number then background reports.

FenrirIII OP ,
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It’s all call center spam. People speaking Chinese or Hindi in the background

Aatube ,

Mildly?

recklessengagement ,
@recklessengagement@lemmy.world avatar

This is why having a virtual number is good - my google voice number catches the overwhelming majority of the spam

Zachariah ,
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That’s what I use it for. I really want to find an alternative provider (Voice and YouTube are the last Google products I use), but haven’t settled on anything yet.

b3an ,
@b3an@lemmy.world avatar

Tell me if you find something ever. 🫶🙈🤜🤛

HootinNHollerin ,

What’s a good non google alternative though?

finestnothing ,

Normal phone number + carrion is decent

dohpaz42 ,
@dohpaz42@lemmy.world avatar

I’ve never understood why things like this have to be a part of public record. Traffic accidents, traffic citations, bankruptcies, buying a house, and even getting divorced.

All of those are very personal things that should never be a part of public record. And even if they are, the PII should not.

Zachariah ,
@Zachariah@lemmy.world avatar

Simple improvement: Add a fee to access the personally identifiable information. And make the record of accessing the information public.

Not perfect, but better.

LodeMike ,

That wouldn’t fix anything. There would be a site reselling it for a lower price or a large subscription fee for a specific area.

Almost anything made by governments is public domain so it’s legal.

dohpaz42 ,
@dohpaz42@lemmy.world avatar

I believe some things (like DMV records) are fee based. But the fee is nominal and wouldn’t stop any predator from doing bad things if they are so inclined. The only thing adding fees does is to financially incentivize keeping the data online and accessible to anybody who pays.

spookex ,

Say that under any thread about any billionaire and watch your comment get double digit downvotes

dohpaz42 ,
@dohpaz42@lemmy.world avatar

I don’t like the existence of billionaires anymore than the next reasonably-sane pleb does. But someone’s financial/social status should never be a consideration to their constitutional right of privacy. You’ll just have to find some other way to harangue them for their behavior.

baggins ,

Bankruptcy should 100% be a public record.

dohpaz42 ,
@dohpaz42@lemmy.world avatar

Why? To publicly humiliate a person? Not everyone is evil; people fall on hard times. It happens. A lot. Why should they be further harassed by predatory practices of being offered loans after they’ve hit the rock bottom of their financial world? Because the first thing that happened when I filed for bankruptcy was to be offered a mortgage loan.

DaddleDew ,

Can you explain how a car accident lead to this?

usrtrv ,

Exchange contact info with someone after the accident then that someone is extremely petty. That’s my guess.

fuckwit_mcbumcrumble ,

Yes but what are they doing to get all these spam calls? Are they petty and signed OP up for a bunch of spam?

entropicdrift ,
@entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

There are websites where you can sign someone up for as much spam at once as possible

Montagge ,

Some places accidents are public record so it could be predatory lawyers

c0smokram3r ,
@c0smokram3r@midwest.social avatar

I would agree w this. Had a parent get into a minor fender bender & had to help field calls from multiple injury lawyers.

RedditWanderer ,

Freedom or something.

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