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When my phone rings I want to know, with a high degree of confidence, who is calling me. The only way I can think to do this well is by giving everyone a diff
by shrike 5y ago
When my phone rings I want to know, with a high degree of confidence, who is calling me.
The only way I can think to do this well is by giving everyone a different phone number, like many of us do with email addresses. Implementing this would require a way to create and vend phone numbers quickly, similar to creating a password with a password manager. There would need to be a way to associate each number with who I gave it to. When my phone rang that identity would need to be surfaced in some way. I would need a way to make outbound calls using these numbers.
I'd happily pay $100+/month for <some number of> phone numbers (50-100?) plus $x/month for each number above that. If the service was metered by call minute there would need to be a generous number included in the monthly flat rate and excess minutes should be inexpensive.
I imagine the user experience would be similar to what Sidecar/Flyp/Cloud SIM deliver.
- cl42 5y agoQuestion: what if you got a screening service where someone calls a # and we do multiple checks... For example: (1) if it's a blocked # or a # from a known blacklisted source -> straight to voicemail, and we notify you by text if a message was left (or we transcribe it) (2) new # you've never discussed -> you can set up the options here, e.g. if commercial or otherwise, go to VM or enable to "ring" for you (3) if the call a known caller to you -> pass through Would you use something like this?