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Sometimes places call me and it already has their info despite them not being a contact I have saved. Like they have a name not a number, and even a pfp that isn’t a colored circle with a number or letter in it. If I was lost and got a call from the fire department that said it was the fire department I think I might pick up.

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MashedTech@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I think it is Google using Google my business and other databases to build a central database of all phone numbers and businesses.

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meliaesc@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Caller ID has been around since the 80s.

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- dellish@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  That’s not what they’re talking about. Some people/businesses have a “smart” caller ID so the business name shows up instead of their number, even if you’ve never heard of or been contacted by them before.
  
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  - meliaesc@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    That’s up to your service provider. Image
    
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- Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  All I remember from caller ID even through the 90’s with landline phones was it would show you the number unless you had manually saved more info for said number or they paid the phone company to obfuscate it so it would not even show the number. I wasn’t one of those teens that was glued to the phone tho.🤷🏻‍♂️
  
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  - frostysauce@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    From the beginning caller ID showed name and number.
    
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Mesophar@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Tbh if I was lost and I got a call come through, I’d answer regardless of what caller ID said. If they were wasting my time, I’d just hang up.

Now, at home when I’m safe and everything is fine… I’m sure I’ve missed phone interviews at least once or twice letting voice-mail catch it…

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Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
There’s an Android system that does this, it’s quite useful actually.

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