[ale] OT: blocking phone numbers

[neal at mnopltd.com]

Not fully a solution, but with an Android phone, I have created a 
contact group with all the people I'd likely want to talk to, and I have 
assigned that group a ringtone.

Then I changed the default ringtone to my custom clip of a chunk of the 
"Spamity-Spam" song, with a tasteful fade-in and fade-out AND overall 
reduced volume.  Available on request.

So, anyone I want to talk to rings at full volume, and the rest softly 
play the Spam song.

Emotionally quite satisfying.

regards,

Neal

On 2021-08-26 11:50, Phil Turmel via Ale wrote:
> Those aren't the callers' real numbers.  They are spoofing their
> caller ID to make it look like a neighbor.  (Easy to do with bulk Voip
> providers, unfortunately.)
> 
> If you block them, you really can block a neighbor.
> 
> Supposedly, there is a move to require crypto-signed authentication of
> caller ID at the provider level, but I gather providers are dragging
> their heels at the expense/liability. ):
> 
> On 8/25/21 10:39 AM, Boris Borisov via Ale wrote:
>> Lately I've been getting phone calls with good deals on Medicare :)
>> 
>> Seems to come from phone numbers with different last 4 digits.
>> 
>> How can I block entire "subnet" of phone numbers.
>> 
>> Android.
>> 
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