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Google has an idea to prevent phone scams, but it'll mean allowing its AI to listen in on your calls (www.businessinsider.com)

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Google promised to keep data from the phone calls private.

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[–] KillingAndKindess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I hope this isn't enabled by default.

I don't need Google's help keeping my phone from getting spam calls.

I've had the tiny modicom of mindfulness required to keep myself from sticking my number everywhere. I can't believe this isn't curriculum for public schooling at this point. Spam calls should and could be a problem that dies with the earlier generations of cell phone users.

Part of the issue is the government's doing yes, but, the lack of laws protecting Cell phone users from spam calls does NOT mean we'll always have bunches of spam calls.

I very, very, rarely get spam calls. I'm talking like.... maybe one every 2-3 months.

I've had this same number since 2006, so its not like its new. I've just always avoided putting my number into forms/profiles of any kind until I've actually weighed the need to do so. Sure, its meant that I have declined many conveniences and have occasionally been made fun of or "missed out" over the years, though I'd say less so as I've aged.

I just treat my phone number with the same guardedness as I do my routing and accounting info.

[–] Fleppensteijn@feddit.nl 3 points 6 months ago

The article discusses scam calls, not spam calls.

I got that fake Microsoft support scam call only once, back in early 2000s, on my parent's land line.

[–] best_username_ever@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago

Spammers call random number in France, so not putting your number everywhere is useless.