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"But in the last couple years, there is a more specific reason for eyeing my phone’s ring warily. Perhaps 80 or even 90 percent of the calls coming into my phone are spam of one kind or another."
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/05/ring-ring-ring-ring/561545/
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Yep. The exact reason I don't pick up anymore.
@hummingrain many people I know and us included no longer have land lines and don’t put private phone numbers in directories because of all the spam
@hummingrain Even the voicemail is spam now. https://octodon.social/@nivex/99955734784914300
@hummingrain add to that if you ever fall into the collections pit, there's another class of robo-calls you're likely to get constantly, that can be extremely nasty and unpleasant. which is a large part of why I very rarely pick up the phone if it's not a recognized number, and then only when I'm expecting a call from an unknown source. otherwise, I just nope the fuck right out of that.