Google could be working on a shared phone number blocklist for Android - eviltoast
  • krayj@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    I think it’s too late for this to be useful. Number spoofing is ultra-common these days and most of the unwanted calls I receive are from spoofed numbers that appear to come from local areas.

    If we start blocking the spoofed numbers then eventually we’ll just be blocking every possible combination of digits that can exist.

    What we really need first is better detection and blocking of calls using spoofed numbers.

    • clgoh@lemmy.ca
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      11 months ago

      It might not be very useful for spoofed calls, but I can see the use to block harassers. You block once, and they are block in the phone and messages app, and also are blocked on your other or next devices.

      Also, I think the block list is not shared between users, only between your own apps and devices.