• alakey@piefed.social
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    1 month ago

    Get a new phone number and ONLY share with those who needed it for emergencies.

    Not a bad advice, but depending on where you are that might not do anything. I bought a new SIM recently and it was getting spam calls before I even added a single contact. Slapped SpamBlocker from F-Droid on it immediately.

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      1 month ago

      Nice! That so actually works? Most carrier blocks will stop the calls from ringing but I still get a voicemail from them.

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        1 month ago

        You can choose to reject it, which is what my Google Phone app does by default when I block a number, or accept it to instantly hang up. I just chose the reject option, most calls stopped completely after a couple of weeks. I do not use voicemail, so not sure how it interacts with that. The app also has an option for a subscription (as in you just insert a link) to an ever updating list of spam numbers, but I just went with not my contact = no business calling me.