Hi all, through my experience, the third party apps that are supposed to do this a pure trash. I mean true caller was pretty decent, but it was packed with ads and trackers of course and the overbearing permissions that constantly tries hijacking my set SMS and dialer apps… I don’t think using a third party app is the right solution.

I came across an internet protocol called NCID which is network caller ID, which sounds quite interesting, but strangely there is little documentation and virtually no online community discussion about this.

So I’m wondering what are some good caller ID options available? I’m a private person and I like knowing who is calling also, would like to stop spam. I’m sure there’s a whole world dedicated to this such stuff, but I can’t seem to find the solution. And tips or advice or anything would be great. Thanks

  • digitalgadget@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    I just block everything that isn’t in my phone book. I use an app that sends it to voice mail without showing on my screen, so it doesn’t disturb me. I can turn it off anytime via the windowshade if I’m expecting a call.

    If it’s someone who actually has business with me, they’ll leave a message, which my voicemail will transcribe and send to me quietly as a text notification. 90% of the time it’s a scammer or solicitor I don’t care about. Most of the rest are robo appointment reminders.

    Do yourself a favor and don’t answer any calls you’re not expecting. You’re just putting yourself on scammers’ lists.

    • mcookly@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      11 months ago

      I use an app that sends it to voice mail without showing on my screen, so it doesn’t disturb me.

      What app?

  • Darkassassin07@lemmy.caEnglish
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    11 months ago

    With increasing frequency; spam calls spoof their caller ID to be a number/business/organization local to you which isn’t linked to them. Either to masquerade as a familiar name as part of the scam or just so blocking or calling back is pointless.

    Filtering that is next to impossible unless you just use a whitelist of acceptable callers.

    It’s a broken system.

    • Macaroni9538@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Damn that’s disheartening to hear. I read that is actually illegal for spammers or robocallers to do (the spoofing), but clearly they don’t abide