IOS 17 making calls randomly by itself

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kristofvdo Author

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IOS 17 making calls randomly by itself

Dear all,

Something funky I'm experiencing since I upgraded to IOS17

iPhone 14 Pro

IOS: 17.0.1

So since the upgrade, I'm getting calls back from German people asking why I called them - However, I did never call them, and neither does my phone show an outgoing call to those people in the dial history list.

They however can show me a screenshot where they saw an incoming call from my number.

If so I want to make awareness for Apple to investigate.

The main reason I ask this is because I'm see a thread on Reddit from people who had the same in PB2

(https://www.reddit.com/r/iOSBeta/comments/15ngpxz/ios_17_pb2_phone_calling_people_randomly_in_the/ )

Edit: these are numbers not in my contact list and unknown persons .

iPhone 14 Pro

Posted on Sep 25, 2023 5:59 AM

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marn20

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Sep 25, 2023 6:03 AM in response to kristofvdo

However i have not encountered this problem on iOS 17, I have dealt with these in the past.

The thing was however that it was not an iOS bug, but scammers that used my number to call potential victims.

(This means not that they make calls with your telecom provider, but the one that receives the call, will see your phone number as the caller. AKA: spoofing.)

If I were you, I would go check if your phone number is publicly available somewhere online.

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kristofvdo Author

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Sep 25, 2023 6:48 AM in response to marn20

Thanks man20,

I'm certainly looking into that as well - Although I would love to keep it hidden, it's a professional number so it's doomed to be public available somehow. And once it's out there...

But thanks again for the tip!

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Feb 2, 2024 12:21 PM in response to kristofvdo

This has started happening to me this week. My phone has called 2 of my emergency contacts while I’m driving. I’m not sure if it’s because of something I’m doing as a I drive that initiates through the Bluetooth functionality but 2 times is 2 times too many. It’s happened prior, but again, 2 times in a week has me wondering wtf??

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SenorYME

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Sep 26, 2023 3:46 PM in response to kristofvdo

getting same issue 13 pro max only on 17.0.1, was on dev beta no issue before now . It called my uncle then called myself too ?

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