How can law enforcement officers manage blocking limits for texts, emails, and phone numbers on Apple devices?

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these forums are user helping other users like yourself, it's sort of going to a physical

apple store and asking other customers their advice

This is a user helping users with tech questions forum, we are not apple and apple do not

read your posts here

seems most people use the blocking stuff to block spammers but, for that it's useless as all scammers worth their salt spoof a new random number each time they call or sms so most people are just blocking random numbers which would never call them again, unless of cause it's a random numbers who end up being the number of a coworker or daycare teather.

You can provide them with feedback using

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And or

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Maintaining thousands of blocked numbers is an unworkable and completely manual approach.

Unworkable similar to why trying to use number blocks as a means to block spam fails, too.

Numbers change over time, or immediately, meaning you’ll be missing numbers you might want to block and blocking other numbers inappropriately.

If y’all are going to be trying something like this scheme, y’all need a maintained database, and a sync function, or assistance from your carrier.

Not sure why you are asking other users......just like you.....about decisions that have been made by Apple.

If you have feedback for Apple, you can use this link:

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douglasfromport orange wrote:

Today I received a message that I have reached my limit for blocking texts, emails and phone numbers. Apple has recently changed their limits without any notification. As a retired law enforcement officer I need to block certain criminals who have sworn out revenge over being jailed. This new limit could become very dangerous for law enforcement officers who need a higher level of security. Apple says that we have to unblock everyone over 3000 but if we did that it would be like releasing thousands of dogs out to hunt us down. What is the answer for this problem?

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Original Title: Blocking limits

As others have suggested, this is a user to user only forum, not Apple Support. But I am rather confused that so many bad people have your phone number and email address? Wouldn't this be something incredibly unusual and wouldn't as an officer of the law, your personal details would actually be personal? Sorry, just really confused with what you've posted.

Question for you: if you block a phone number or any point of contact from one of these arch criminals, don’t you think said criminal would use another device or account to make an additional attempt? And if a criminal had the resourses to get those contact points, what would prevent them from getting your address. Blocking numbers, or email adresses, would be pointless. Using the filtering and privacy features would go a lot further in protecting you.

As previously mentioned, you can offer Apple feedback. But to be honest, I agree with lobsterghost. I’ve known and worked with quite a few LEOs and prosecutors over the years, and your post doesn’t pass the smell test.

douglasfromport orange wrote:

As a retired law enforcement officer I need to block certain criminals who have sworn out revenge over being jailed. This new limit could become very dangerous for law enforcement officers who need a higher level of security.

If you're depending on blocking phone calls to provide security against said criminals, it sounds to me like you are barking up the wrong tree.

Wouldn't such criminals come to your home, where they could take their revenge on you personally – rather than simply calling your phone and leaving unwanted messages? Also, if these criminals made threats over the phone (threats which they couldn't carry out except in person), wouldn't they be risking you going to the police, and/or prosecutor's office, to provide probable cause as to whether they should be arrested and prosecuted for making violent threats? (I believe that might be considered a felony in most parts of the country.)

Especially if you had your phone set to silence unknown callers and send them to voicemail?

Screen and block calls on iPhone - Apple Support

"If you are a violent criminal calling to threaten my life, please leave the evidence that you want the prosecutor to use against you at your next trial at the sound of the beep."

And as lobsterghost1 says, why would so many criminals have your phone number in the first place? If you are so worried about criminals calling you, wouldn't you ask your carrier to give you an unlisted number in the first place?

How could this possibly be dangerous? Irritating yes, but not dangerous.

And your username even has the location your from. If you're so worried about anonymity, you certainly wouldn't let on that you're from Port Orange. Something isnt adding up, I don't believe for a second you are law enforcement, just trying to sound official to get your point across.

Kilgore-Trout wrote:

And if a criminal had the resourses to get those contact points, what would prevent them from getting your address. Blocking numbers, or email adresses, would be pointless.

Having a large dog or two, of the type that makes a good K-9 patrol officer, might offer better protection when it comes to criminals.

As some of the joke (???) signs with profiles of German Shepherds or other similar dogs say, "I can make it to the fence in 3.5 seconds. Can you?". Or, more to the point, "Is there an afterlife? Jump this fence – and find out."

Kurtosis12 wrote:

How could this possibly be dangerous? Irritating yes, but not dangerous.

And your username even has the location your from. If you're so worried about anonymity, you certainly wouldn't let on that you're from Port Orange. Something isnt adding up, I don't believe for a second you are law enforcement, just trying to sound official to get your point across.

I rather agree with you. And notice they haven't come back. I wonder how long they had to think of a bizarre use case, which isn't actually real?

LD150 wrote:

If I made 3000 deadly enemies I might think of changing my phone number.

The OP supposedly has many more than that, since they claimed that removing all "block" entries in excess of 3000 "would be like releasing thousands of dogs out to hunt us down." Thousands, plural, would imply 2000+ enemies on top of the 3000 the "block" list can actually support. Implying that the OP has 5000+ enemies who know the phone number or are likely to get it.

Servant of Cats wrote:

LD150 wrote:

If I made 3000 deadly enemies I might think of changing my phone number.

The OP supposedly has many more than that, since they claimed that removing all "block" entries in excess of 3000 "would be like releasing thousands of dogs out to hunt us down." Thousands, plural, would imply 2000+ enemies on top of the 3000 the "block" list can actually support. Implying that the OP has 5000+ enemies who know the phone number or are likely to get it.

OK, definitely change the number, buy an AK47 and live in the woods.

LD150 wrote:

If I made 3000 deadly enemies I might think of changing my phone number.

More than 3,000 deadly enemies, enemies that only rarely change their own phone numbers, and that only make harassing or threatening call from their own phone numbers.

Interesting technical problem that would probably be the foundation of a subscription service, too. Different form of STIR/SHAKEN, maybe? Could easily be add-based, without needing changes to the phone network; to the PSTN.

But the subscription service will fail similarly to how spam call number blocking fails, just as soon as these more than 3,000 enemies start borrowing or changing their numbers.

Easier to block all and permit only specific callers, too. That’ll have only slightly more skilled enemies calling, and for minimal effort.

And notice they haven't come back.

His mom probably told him he's had enough Internetting for today.

If I made 3000 deadly enemies I might think of changing my phone number.

LD150 wrote:

OK, definitely change the number, buy an AK47 and live in the woods.

I’m guessing the AK and cabin in the woods are already accounted for.