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Funny, the same telecoms that whine about how hard this traffic is to stop... are also selling a "premium" service to customers- who then manually tag unwanted
by ipython 2mo ago
Funny, the same telecoms that whine about how hard this traffic is to stop... are also selling a "premium" service to customers- who then manually tag unwanted calls so that the telecom can sell that data back to other customers...
- dhosek 2mo agoI don’t seem to be charged for Scam Shield on my account. I’ve had one unknown number call and not leave a message over the last month, which is a far cry from the 20–40 spam calls per day some people report.
- dredmorbius 2mo agoThere are both free and premium tiers: <https://www.t-mobile.com/benefits/scam-shield https://www.t-mobile.com/benefits/scam-shield> The free tier seems to identify but not block likely scam calls. T-Mobile's website skews sales-heavy, and doesn't feature much technical information. The premium features appear to be app-dependent, and may not work on feature phones.
- dredmorbius 2mo agoUnsurprisingly: telcos sell outbound dialing capabilities to business customers. For spam mitigations to work, the cost of selling that business must exceed its revenue. Some, and I won't mention AT&T by name, are very curiously opposed to any regulations touching this.