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The proposed tax bill kills QSBS, effective today(twitter.com)
7 points by afo 5y ago|1 comments
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by afo 7y ago
Agreed. I float 2-4x/month and can confirm that I sleep way better and generally have an increase in mood. I'd highly recommend it.
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FCC’s Ajit Pai: “I hate robocalls as much as you do”(cnet.com)
3 points by afo 7y ago|0 comments
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by afo 8y ago
Reminds me of the “How I made $290,000 Selling Books” joke - https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/6ofdt6/how_i_made_29...
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by afo 8y ago
How would you treat calls where it's a sound board controlled by a human? Human or bot? If there's a way to get around the system, these guys will figure it out.
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by afo 8y ago
A better analogy that I use (especially with nontechnical folks) is the return address on an envelope. You can, technically, write anything in it and there’s no way to guarantee it’s authentic.
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by afo 8y ago
Thanks! I really appreciate the support. These voice spam calls have gotten out of control.
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by afo 8y ago
We (Nomorobo) have a bunch of recordings of this type of scam. They're scary. https://nomorobo.com/lookup/844-386-9815
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by afo 8y ago
PureText does exactly that. Been using it for years and swear by it. https://stevemiller.net/puretext/
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by afo 8y ago
Looks similar to https://picular.co/hate
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by afo 8y ago
Especially since it loses the extra “O”. At least that’s how I remember the correct spelling.
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by afo 8y ago
Happy to talk about the landline product. Just for clarification, the mobile product works completely differently. 1. Yes, pretty much. Here's a more in-depth answer to what happens when the call is answered - http://www.608
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by afo 8y ago
Even with all these high profile settlements, it's still not stopping the problem. Just today, we (Nomorobo) see 25 different numbers pushing Windows tech support scams. It's like that every. single. day. This is an emergency cal
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Kate Spade, American Designer and Entrepreneur, Is Dead at 55(nytimes.com)
15 points by afo 8y ago|2 comments
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by afo 8y ago
I found that strange, too. Apple made it seem like it was China only but it's not. Those features of CallKit are what we (Nomorobo) use to stop the robocalls.
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by afo 8y ago
Completely agree. For the carriers, robocall blocking is not a technical problem, it's a legal/liability one. This makes third party call blocking products a better/easier solution for carriers to recommend as a solution.
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by afo 8y ago
We updated the app based on that feedback. We used to show "unblockable" because there was a problem with false positives. Lots of families had sequential numbers that were accidentally getting blocked. Now, if you give us access
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by afo 8y ago
Actually, the FCC clarified their rules a few years back that carriers CAN block robocalls. More details here: https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/fcc-clarifies-robocal... Note that Ajit Pai (then a commissioner, no
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by afo 8y ago
Agreed. We (Nomorobo) stopped seeing calls from them around the same time. They were also known as 33 wireless and a few related companies. Here's an old discussion about them [0] Not sure what happened but their telephone number block
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by afo 8y ago
We (Nomorobo) protect you from both neighbor spoofing as well as "standard" robocalls. We add over 1,300+ new robocaller numbers every day. It's pretty crazy out there.
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Rep. Bob Latta: Robocalls are a scourge, but you can do something about it(washingtonexaminer.com)
1 points by afo 8y ago|0 comments
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by afo 8y ago
They are absolutely targeting cities with large Asian populations. It's not random. This is the breakdown for incoming calls to the Nomorobo honeypot for 4/1/2018-4/23/18 that have called more than one line from 212
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by afo 8y ago
This is a recording from their number at the end of last year - https://www.nomorobo.com/lookup/212-244-9392 I’ll run some stats on 212-244 numbers in a few.
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by afo 8y ago
Yep. No idea either. Is this a legit message? https://www.nomorobo.com/lookup/212-244-9392 I’ll run some stats in a few.
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by afo 8y ago
Is it always from the same number? I bet we (Nomorobo) have some recordings that I can dig up.
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by afo 8y ago
Got a number that they’re calling from? I can check our (Nomorobo) database and see if there’s anything coming through.
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by afo 8y ago
This is the case of the arsonist that just burned down your house, matches in hand, saying, "Clearly, you need a better fire department."
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by afo 8y ago
Nomorobo founder here. I'm the "robocall guy" that everyone quotes in the news. Instead of just popping my head into every comment, I wanted to give some insight into what's actually happening out there. Background: I wo
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by afo 9y ago
Thanks for catching that one. It's been fixed now.
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by afo 9y ago
We (Nomorobo) worked with Jolly Roger this holiday season and built SantaBots. Check out all the recordings at www.DoNotCallChristmas.com

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