I'd like to require incoming callers to press 1 before my phone rings. This seems like an easy way to block ALL robo-calls.
Is there an app which can handle this? Or a setting on the iPhone itself?
iPhone 7 Plus user here... thx!
iPhone 7 Plus, iOS 11.0.1
NicFone wrote:
I'd like to require incoming callers to press 1 before my phone rings. This seems like an easy way to block ALL robo-calls.
Is there an app which can handle this? Or a setting on the iPhone itself?
iPhone 7 Plus user here... thx!
No settings and I doubt any apps.
you can contact your phone carrier and see what options they have for you.
I use the app NoMoRoBo. There's a subscription fee, $1.99 a month, I believe. It does a great job catching things. I started using it when I was unemployed as I had to answer calls from people I didn't know.
And, again, if you don't answer calls from people you don't know, you never have to take to scammers. Unless you have some very dubious friends, of course. 😉
NicFone wrote:
Awwwww. I'll check with AT&T.
Requiring human interaction seems like such an easy way to foil spammers. Like a Captcha for the rest of us. Keeping lists of bad numbers is pointless anyway, as the spam-bots create new ones on the fly.
Except it wouldn't require human interaction. All it would require is for the robo calls to be programmed to send the appropriate tone as soon as the call was answered.
Verizon landline used to (maybe still does) offer a service on landlines where you could require people to state their name. You would pick up the call, hear the name and decide whether or not you wanted to take it. It's never been available for Verizon cell phones to the best of my knowledge.
I've found the easiest thing to do is not answer calls except from people I know. If it's a real person calling, they will generally leave a voicemail.
razmee209 wrote:
go to your recent/missed calls - find that number hit the circle blue I and then select block this number.
Unfortunately, that's a losing battle. Robo-callers generate random numbers, so you're only creating an endless block list of numbers which probably won't ring again anyway.
We need a Captcha-type confirmation code to prove callers are human. No idea why carriers haven't implemented this yet. Would be extremely simple.
Awwwww. I'll check with AT&T.
Requiring human interaction seems like such an easy way to foil spammers. Like a Captcha for the rest of us. Keeping lists of bad numbers is pointless anyway, as the spam-bots create new ones on the fly.
Good point. Perhaps generate a random number to press instead?
I'm tired of seeing calls from places like Bonepeeler, Arkansas at 3:47pm interrupt the flow of our day. Would rather it not ring at all than have to ignore everything.
Most people nowadays use voice mail as their call screener. It works, but the incoming distraction of robo-calls is still pretty darn annoying.
NicFone wrote:
Good point. Perhaps generate a random number to press instead?
I'm tired of seeing calls from places like Bonepeeler, Arkansas at 3:47pm interrupt the flow of our day. Would rather it not ring at all than have to ignore everything.
Most people nowadays use voice mail as their call screener. It works, but the incoming distraction of robo-calls is still pretty darn annoying.
go to your recent/missed calls - find that number hit the circle blue I and then select block this number.
Is there a way to require callers to press 1 before ringing my phone?
