Verizon is charging extra to limit spam calls and texts: Scam calls and texts have surged, yet Verizon continues to charge customers extra for essential protections.

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• tamal3@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

  There’s lots i hate about having a Pixel, but the spam protection isn’t one of them

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• detun3d@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  Get Spam Blocker from F-Droid and if you like it and want a bit more filtering that’s also compatible with the app check out Phoneblock.net. I was going to add that you might need to translate the site but it seems to be available in more languages now. 🎉

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• Treczoks@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It should be the other way round. Telco providers should be fined for any spam call and -text they don’t prevent from happening.

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• psyvibe@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’m pretty sure the quantity of scam calls I get went wayyy down after I switched from Verizon to mint. Used to be a few a day, now it’s like 2 a month.

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• kami@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  And ISPs are likely the ones who sell their customers phone numbers to spammers, so double gain 🤑

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• melsaskca@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  You can bet Verizon has a special secret division to place scam calls and texts so they can protect you from them because capitalism.

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  • j4yt33@feddit.org ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I think there’s a word for that…

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• tane3@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This impacts probably literally everyone in the US and no one seems to care.

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  • roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The FCC used to.

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• Surp@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Just left verizon for google fi its so much cheaper

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• forwhomthecattolls@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’ve been very happy muting all my calls and instead only being notified by Signal and other encrypted messaging apps, easy fix!

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• BassTurd@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I hate to shill for Google, but the the pixel phone has call screening, and I rarely get spam to surface. It is one of the few actually great things that Google does.

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  • Pirata@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Too bad it comes at the expense of Google knowing everything you talk about, and to whom.

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    • BassTurd@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      That’s true, but I think that’s true, even if not publicly known, about every smart phone.

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