• @CoderKat@lemm.ee
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    2911 months ago

    Spam callers have basically ruined telephone as a medium. For many, a phone call is more likely to be fake and spam than it is to be legitimate. And even if the call claims to come from a source you might trust, good odds it’s spoofed and thus cannot in fact be trusted.

    A shame on telecoms for not being willing to tackle the problem.

      • @Pandemanium@lemm.ee
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        911 months ago

        I’m even getting Google Drive spam now. Complete randos “sharing files” with me. There’s no way to prevent it.

      • @ElectroNeutrino@lemmy.world
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        911 months ago

        At least email has some tools to help mitigate the issue, like SPF, DKIM, and DMARC. They aren’t perfect, but they are loads better than telephony.

        • @sudo
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          611 months ago

          Plus addressing (your-email+somearbitrarytag@domain.com) is also a nice tool at your disposal. Helps track where the spam is coming from. I’ve found few/none trim it when storing addresses so it consistently works.

          • @WarmSoda@lemm.ee
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            211 months ago

            I’ve never gotten that to work. Did Gmail remove the ability to do it? I’m probably just dumb.