Telemarking failurers can be extended...
Some marketing agency from the UK called me to peddle Veracode. Of course, I tell them to get lost. 20min later I again get a call from the same agency, but different phone number and voice from a different ethnicity.
How hard is it to understand I taold them to get lost the first time?
Veracode went on my "Do Never Ever Buy" list. With the second call the made sure I'll post the info everywhere and up in the corporate chain.
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@EdwinG #Italian telecom #carriers will implement the same filter soon. I wonder if wild #telemarketers are able to #spoof legitimate, user registered, phone numbers. Perhaps those forgotten or seldom used ones.
Decree from the Italian regulator (in Italian): https://www.agcom.it/comunicazione/comunicati-stampa/comunicato-stampa-62
Ooh, the persistent nag callers are the worst. 5 calls in a row from the same unrecognized mobile number, less than 60 seconds apart.
Then they tried from a landline, which the phone immediately flagged as spammy telemarketers. then back to the mobile number.
"Do not disturb" mode set, for the next 60 minutes. Rage into the void, arseholes.
Thanks.
I did a search, and discovered that what I was describing is referred to as "Caller ID Spoofing". It seems there's not a huge amount I can do on my end to prevent it.
I got some call from a random number. It was a guy who claimed my number had dialed him. I assured him I had made no such call. He didn't believe me. He felt I was a telemarketer, and as such, invited me to meet him so I could get the "beating I deserve". I politely declined his offer and bid him adieu.
But, I share his displeasure with telemarketers. And I note that frequently they come from what appears to be local numbers, even if it's clearly from an overseas caller. So, I do wonder if my number was actually portrayed by a telemarketer to this gentleman. Does anyone know how such a thing may work? And what can be done to prevent such a possibility?
I checked my phone's settings, and found that my phone is encrypted. But, I also found, under "credential storage", that a whack of oddball entities are listed as having "trusted credentials" (see image -- it goes on much longer than the screenshot). Anyone else have a similar list? I note there is the option to "clear credentials", but I don't know if this is wise to do.
I use LineageOS 22.2 (Android 15).
#tech #android #lineage #credentialmanagement #telemarketers #phone #Mobiles
to have millions of hours of digitized interactions to use to train an AI to find the easiest way to likely connect with an individual, upon whom they may now also possess deep #personaldata, by the sound, timbre, cadence, topics key words...
...baring some #privacy concern which, under this administration, will never be adjudicated, the chance they *won't* be used is tiny. So:
the #AItelemarketers #salesAI are coming.
evil ones and less evil ones, presumably.
Me: Hello?
Telemarketer: Hi, I'm Susan from the Telephone Services Dept.
Me: The what now?
Telemarketer: (slight pause) Hi, I'm Susan from the...
Me: You do realize that every American you call is very angry right now and the only reason we answered the phone is so that we can take it out on you, right?
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