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Google could be working on a shared phone number blocklist for Android
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this post was submitted on 04 Dec 2023
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Cool, so all the real people whose numbers get spoofed won’t be able to call anyone anymore.
This happened to me. I got a very angry call from someone asking why I was spamming them and had to explain that someone was spoofing my phone number to call similar phone numbers, and that it could be happening to his number or anyone else's as well. I look forward to being globally blocked. :(
Lmao same. But in my case they were too angry to understand what I was saying and I ended up just apologizing and promised to stop calling them
This doesn't read as a global Blocklist for all Android phones in the world. It reads more as a local database/API for blocked numbers on your phone.
So blocked numbers would theoretically be applied to your messages apps and other "telephony" based apps that use phone numbers such as WhatsApp (should said apps implement the API).
Google already seems to have a spammer database for numbers, though I'm not sure if that applies to just Fi users, Pixel users, or anyone who uses the Google Phone app. If I have call screen disabled, I'll see numbers on an incoming call have a red background with a "likely spam" description.
But based on the comments on this post, I feel as if I've overlooked something in the article here (I've just woken up so it wouldn't surprise me) - is there a mention of it being a worldwide list?
No after reading the article, you’re definitely right. I just assumed Android already had that functionality, because that’s how it works on iOS, and usually iOS doesn’t have any features Android is missing.
As is often the case Samsung has had it for a while.
Here’s a feature iOS has that android doesn’t:
Guides in maps.
I don’t use it for its intended purpose, but as a school bus driver it’s great for keeping track of where the stops are without maps trying to direct me.
I can set up a route in Google maps, but it insists on directing me and I can only put in 10 stops before having to start a new route.
I don’t need directions, I just need to know if it’s this corner or the next one.
The ways I understand it, it’s not shared between users, but between your apps and devices.
Useful when migrating to a new phone. Also, the same number can be blocked in Messages and the phone app.
Wait, that’s not already how it works??
Who calls people these days? Apart from taxi drivers.
Doctors, pharmacies, basically anyone in the medical industry.
Businessmen, people with sales jobs, basically anyone who needs to coordinate shipping, receiving, transactions, at the scale of a large business.
Anyone in the military.
Lots of government offices, courts, basically all of the executive and judicial offices and administrations for every government.
Should I go on?
Thanks, if you hadn't guessed I wasn't being serious.
Maybe I should have /s'd?
Ah, that didn’t come across. No worries. :)
I'll give you the upvote, I got the sarcasm with a tinge of truth there.
I only take scheduled calls anymore. Even for work (for the most part), because my work schedule is so full.
Yet Another Call Blocker has been fantastic for me, even on a non-rooted phone. Very configurable, let's your contacts ring through (if you choose).
https://gitlab.com/xynngh/YetAnotherCallBlocker
Very cool, I have been relying on the Pixel dialer to screen calls but I ended up just blocking them most of the time. I'll check this out thanks 👍.
Apartment complexes, package deliveries, medical shit, people locked out of your house who need to get in to feed pets, your neighbors to shut off the water when your pipes burst when you are on vacation, etc.
Human beings who want to speak with other human beings.
I know. It can seem like a strange concept to some people. It's strange to me that they find it strange.
Wow sarcasm is truly dead on the internet. 😂
Mate, I wasn't exactly being serious but thanks for the effort you put into your reply 👍.
Man, fuck taxis. Uber/Lyft have their issues, but I will NEVER go back to taxis even if Uber/Lyft becomes more expensive than a taxi.
Yeah, how neat to support a company that pays cents to the drivers and skirts all legislation related to safety and taxes, right?
I'll happily jump ship when a better alternative is available, traditional taxis are not a better alternative. I'll happily vote to implement any regulations covering them, even if it means that an Uber ride gets more expensive. Like I said, I'll continue taking Uber/Lyft even if they end up being more expensive than a taxi especially if it's that cost to pay the drivers a proper wage
Uber drivers don't regularly leave me waiting for hours with the promise of being "Just 10 minutes away"
Uber drivers can't go "This guy isn't local, so I'm going to go the longest way possible to rack up charges"
Uber doesn't leave me guessing where the car is with my only way to find out is to call dispatch (Who will constantly tell you a car is on the way "just a couple minutes")
Uber drivers don't just stop 2 or 3 blocks away and expect me to walk
Uber cars have been far cleaner and better maintained than the best taxi I've been in
I've felt far more unsafe and uncomfortable in a taxi than any Uber ride I've been in
It honestly sounds like you are describing exactly what's wrong with Uber, but instead you are saying all that about taxis? Taxis are usually cheaper now and I have had less issues with them especially if you flag them down in person.
An Uber driver once kept talking about setting the mood and wanted me and my girlfriend to make out or something. No taxi driver hardly even spoke to me, which is what you want.
Convenience over legality. Well done.
You mean Taxi drivers?
The Taxi industries such scum that I’ll still take Uber any day over them.
I have zero sympathy for taxi drivers.