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Re: Verified by Twilio

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Post by Mathnerd314 »

gregmac wrote: post #10

I was just reviewing my call detail records on my "home" number yesterday, and realizing that the vast majority are spam - we pretty much don't answer that phone. This got me thinking about alternatives to even ringing for any unrecognised numbers, such as an IVR menu that said something like "Hi, we're screening spam, press 4 2 if you're a real person". I'm not sure how that'd be accepted by, for example, the dentis…

Nomorobo is free for VOIP landlines, and pretty popular: https://www.nomorobo.com/

It has a whitelist/blacklist for common recorded messages like dentists, and then a CAPTCHA pretty much exactly what you describe: https://nomorobo.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/205761825-Wha...

Re: Verified by Twilio

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Post by voltagex_ »

ozmbie wrote: post #38
HugoHobling wrote: post #19

I know it's overkill, but this is my current setup for my phone numbers. I treat phone numbers the same way I do my email address: I use different numbers for different purposes. 1. I have a "clean" phone number I only share with friends/family. Certain prefixes and phone number actually receive next to zero spam calls. This number has received 2 calls in the years I've had it. 2. I have a phone number I share with c…

Is this a uniquely American problem? My Australian mobile phone receives maybe one spam call per year. It’s my single phone and I give out the number to various businesses and people.

This year I've been getting three types of spam calls (in Australia):

1. Spam call from new 03 8xxx xxxx range, I was sure these were VoIP numbers handed out by MyNetFone but haven't been able to prove anything. I can't remember what the content of the call was

2. International spam call from Mozambique (?). The call never connects if I pick up.

3. Private number, recorded voice in Mandarin. I think this is a tax scam.

I'm sure I'd seen some changes in the laws regarding caller ID this year, but I can't find it.

Yes, it's much, much worse in America.

Re: Verified by Twilio

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Post by [deleted] »

rsync wrote: post #41
HugoHobling wrote: post #19

I know it's overkill, but this is my current setup for my phone numbers. I treat phone numbers the same way I do my email address: I use different numbers for different purposes. 1. I have a "clean" phone number I only share with friends/family. Certain prefixes and phone number actually receive next to zero spam calls. This number has received 2 calls in the years I've had it. 2. I have a phone number I share with c…

"2. I have a phone number I share with companies / loyalty programs / etc." How does this one work and who provides this number ? I ask because a twilio number is not a mobile number and therefore cannot receive 2FA from "short codes". I am sure you know what I am talking about and have run into this ... so I ask, if you have a number that you give out to "companies" (as I also do) do you have a mobile number that ca…

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Re: Verified by Twilio

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Post by js2 »

gregmac wrote: post #10

I was just reviewing my call detail records on my "home" number yesterday, and realizing that the vast majority are spam - we pretty much don't answer that phone. This got me thinking about alternatives to even ringing for any unrecognised numbers, such as an IVR menu that said something like "Hi, we're screening spam, press 4 2 if you're a real person". I'm not sure how that'd be accepted by, for example, the dentis…

I have an Anveo call flow[1] that implements a white/grey/black list setup that works great.

1. https://ibb.co/bBs2RsJ

Re: Verified by Twilio

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Post by jimnotgym »

> Even more concern, 70% of consumers don’t answer a call if the caller’s number is anonymous. While that might cut down the number of unwanted robocalls, it also potentially prevents consumers from receiving vital communications—calls from the doctor, banks that are flagging issues, schools calling about parents’ children.

I don't understand how this helps with anonymous callers?

Re: Verified by Twilio

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Post by abhchand »

Hate this is a problem that needs to be solved.

Love that Twilio is trying to solve it with a cool, seemingly useful approach.

Hate that Twilio will probably use something proprietary for this that locks people into their ecosystem even more.

Re: Verified by Twilio

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Post by bksenior »

jimnotgym wrote: post #55

> Even more concern, 70% of consumers don’t answer a call if the caller’s number is anonymous. While that might cut down the number of unwanted robocalls, it also potentially prevents consumers from receiving vital communications—calls from the doctor, banks that are flagging issues, schools calling about parents’ children. I don't understand how this helps with anonymous callers?

Seriously?

Most corporations call from a featureless pile of numbers. Now you wont miss the important calls from numbers you'd otherwise consider anon spam.

Re: Verified by Twilio

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Post by js2 »

rsync wrote: post #41
HugoHobling wrote: post #19

I know it's overkill, but this is my current setup for my phone numbers. I treat phone numbers the same way I do my email address: I use different numbers for different purposes. 1. I have a "clean" phone number I only share with friends/family. Certain prefixes and phone number actually receive next to zero spam calls. This number has received 2 calls in the years I've had it. 2. I have a phone number I share with c…

"2. I have a phone number I share with companies / loyalty programs / etc." How does this one work and who provides this number ? I ask because a twilio number is not a mobile number and therefore cannot receive 2FA from "short codes". I am sure you know what I am talking about and have run into this ... so I ask, if you have a number that you give out to "companies" (as I also do) do you have a mobile number that ca…

I don't have any trouble receiving SMS messages from short code senders to either my Google Voice or my VoIP number. Is this problem specific to Twilio?

Sometimes sites want to know my mobile provider (why does it matter?), so I just choose Verizon or Other.

The only site that won't accept my GV number is att.com. Oh the irony...

Re: Verified by Twilio

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Post by mttyng »

HugoHobling wrote: post #19

I know it's overkill, but this is my current setup for my phone numbers. I treat phone numbers the same way I do my email address: I use different numbers for different purposes. 1. I have a "clean" phone number I only share with friends/family. Certain prefixes and phone number actually receive next to zero spam calls. This number has received 2 calls in the years I've had it. 2. I have a phone number I share with c…

How did you set this all up? It’s really interesting to me. Is there an article somewhere?

Re: Verified by Twilio

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Post by DuskStar »

js2 wrote: post #58
rsync wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"2. I have a phone number I share with companies / loyalty programs / etc." How does this one work and who provides this number ? I ask because a twilio number is not a mobile number and therefore cannot receive 2FA from "short codes". I am sure you know what I am talking about and have run into this ... so I ask, if you have a number that you give out to "companies" (as I also do) do you have a mobile number that ca…

I don't have any trouble receiving SMS messages from short code senders to either my Google Voice or my VoIP number. Is this problem specific to Twilio? Sometimes sites want to know my mobile provider (why does it matter?), so I just choose Verizon or Other. The only site that won't accept my GV number is att.com. Oh the irony...

I find sites that won't accept my Google Voice number on a semi-regular basis. I think the most recent was Uber, which I discovered when moving phones a few months back.
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