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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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Submitted ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Pro@programming.dev⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://pirg.org/articles/verizon-is-charging-extra-to-limit-spam-calls-and-texts/

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  • Treczoks@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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  • kami@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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    • Ledericas@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      yup, when i changed phones, i get less spam calls it was wierd. from pixel that has touted an autoscreening feature. i think google themselve were selling the data to callers.

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  • tane3@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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    • roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The FCC used to.

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    • gradual@lemmings.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yay censorship!

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  • psyvibe@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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  • melsaskca@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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    • Ledericas@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      verizion was one of the big4 to end Net neutrality in 2017(which was the distraction for the giant tax cuts that trump is trying to make permanent)

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    • j4yt33@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I think there’s a word for that…

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  • BotsRuinedEverything@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    My pixel automatically blocks most spam.

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  • phoenixz@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Ik sure that they won’t oopsie woopsie leak my number to spammers and scammers to sell me their advanced protection or something

    Let’s call it what it is: a shake down

    Let’s call it what should happen: arrests of the corpos that make these decisions

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  • Surp@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Just left verizon for google fi its so much cheaper

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    • gradual@lemmings.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s not cheaper than Visible, which has unlimited data for $25/month.

      Google Fi is pretty much a scam. If you want the cheapest plan with a data limit, go for Mint.

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      • Surp@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Why is it a scam

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  • forwhomthecattolls@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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  • oh_@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Today’s FCC will allow this, I expect other carriers to follow suit. Shareholders will see money on the table.

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  • tamal3@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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  • BassTurd@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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  • L7HM77@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I wonder if an adnauseam approach could help. Instead of the customer relying on the carrier or manually blocking spam numbers, if everyone picked up every spam call, goes through the automated system to reach a person, says “hello?”, then mutes the mic and lets the human stick around until they hang up.

    Sure, they have robocallers that can hit 50,000 numbers a minute, but what happens when every single number answers and gets routed to the humans?

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  • desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I don’t know how so many people get spam calls, I’ve only gotten ~2 in the past 5 years without any bloatware nonsense apps from any carrier.

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    • MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Depends on your luck getting assigned a phone number.

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    • LucasWaffyWaf@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I get at minimum 10-20 scam calls a day. How I wish I were you.

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      • desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        t

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  • BowtiesAreCool@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    iPhone lets you block all ringing for incoming calls that aren’t in your contacts. Solved 99% of the issue for me

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