I fucking love not answering my phone. It makes me feel powerful like god or better yet
meanwhile Truecaller app
I used to use that for ages, but the constant ads made me uninstall it
Well I stopped using it as soon as I learned how it works. I even de registered from their website Unlisting number. But yeah I occasionally needs it , for that truecaller bot exist in telegram.
any links for the said bot? I'd like to stop using truecaller myself.
Newly re-elected New Zealand Prime Minister John Key was talking to a supporter on his mobile phone when another call came in.
"I didn't recognize the number, so I didn't take it," Key told a New Zealand television station.
Only later did aides tell Key who was trying to reach him: President Obama.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2014/09/22/obama-john-key-new-zealand-phone-call/16057707/
Lmao can you imagine President Obama having a call go to voicemail?
just thinking logistically, I imagine that happened a lot. Anyway I expect a decent number of his calls were made by aides and he just took the phone after they got through to the right person.
Even if it said "President Obama" many people would think it's a prank.
True, but if you just got elected as the head of a US friendly nation, it probably wouldn't be quite so unbelievable.
Im surprised the aides from each side didnt do all the logistics of connecting with one another and the president wasnt just handed a phone with the call already connected through.
That's what I was thinking, surely it was an aide who was dialing who'd only hand the phone to Obama when it actually connected to Key
Its a news site but the only place you can find the date of the article is in the URL. Sometimes I am baffled by the weird design decisions people are making.
It's called USA Today. That means you're only supposed to read the news that came out today.
I guess I should start answering... what if it's Obama?
Definitely don't ghost Obama. He'll drone strike your house.
Same, but Intelius
I use SEON and a CNAM database lookup API from Trellix - both free if under 100 requests/mo.
If only spam callers were unable to spoof phone numbers that'd be great.
That’s true but they usually spoof some person I don’t know. So if I google it and it’s some Betty from East Bumfuck, I know not to pick up. Now, if they spoofed someone I know, that’s different.
I was called by my own phone number once. Nothing suspicious there.
Back in my day we used to just talk to ourselves in person.
You missed our, bro. It was you from the future calling to warn you of your dire fate and how to avoid it.
Man, I wish I could get a side quest shucks
Heh that happened to me too! Very strange.
Don't bother, if they can't leave a message, you didn't want to talk to them.
And if they leave a message, I won't listen to it. Text me instead.
And if they text me, I won’t read it. Just don’t bother.
Nah, you gotta loop back around. "If it was important, they would've called."
I actually can’t make or receive phone calls because it’s too stressful and unpleasant, so probably don’t bother x
Can't leave a message if i don't set up my voicemail
Do you habe Skype, Doc?
Ich habe das Skype jajajaj
Mr google, please add a "search this number online" button for incoming calls. Sometimes I miss a call because I'm slow typer
I want to be able to search the phone numbers in maps. Searching Google sucks because of all the algorithm gaming scam sites. I just want to know if this number is a local business I might actually want to talk to.
Does the USA not have an official phone registry website? Where I live you just go on there and look up any number, person or company you want. It's basically an online phonebook.
Not that I’ve found. There are plenty of ways to find a number of a business. But harder to find legitimate ways to find people’s numbers. And it’s almost impossible to reliably find the owner of a phone number.
If you answer and it's a scam then they know you'll pick up the phone in the future.
I just make the G Assistant answer it
9 times out of 10 telling an AI voice who's calling and why is too hard for even a normal human to figure out so they hang up and now there's nothing to worry about!
How would one do this?
Move to the US, basically.
Then no.
Works in the UK (at least on a Google pixel) as well but not sure about other countries, is reliant on a Google account+Google services which are kinda privacy invasive
Holy shit I think a scammer company is using my phone number as a fake employee contact number.
'me searching for it online'. Try not to use the G-word
Without using it, can you tell me why? Is that how g**-gull tracks you online?
what if i don't use google. you want me to say i'll duck duck go it? i'll bing it? i'm kagiing it right now? yahooing? oh yeah i'll AOL it? you are silly. a silly man. stop being silly
Ten of the last twelve incoming calls on my phone were scam numbers. I haven't had the ringer or vibrate turned on for my phone for months so I never notice them. My phone does a pretty good job of blocking them and an outstanding job blocking spam texts
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