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Re Verizon tagging incoming calls as SPAM?
From: "Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2018 18:24:14 -0400
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From: Mary Shaw <mary.shaw () gmail com> Date: April 25, 2018 at 6:19:00 PM EDT To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net> Subject: Re: [IP] Re Verizon tagging incoming calls as SPAM? We have "landline" via Verizon FIOS. We use NoMoRobo. It captures spam calls on the first ring, diverts them to /dev/nul or somewhere like that. We get a record on the CallerID, have never had it reject a call we wanted. We are able to add caller IDs to the reject list. It's free. My estimate is well over half are diverted. One ring doesn't bother me much.On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 5:31 PM, Dave Farber <farber () gmail com> wrote: Verizon wants $2.99 per month Begin forwarded message:From: Dan Skwire <dskwire () mindspring com> Date: April 25, 2018 at 11:40:34 AM EDT To: dave () farber net Cc: ip <ip () listbox com> Subject: Re: [IP] Verizon tagging incoming calls as SPAM? Hello Peter et al, I just found this: https://m.nasdaq.com/press-release/spam-verizon-gives-you-a-new-tool-to-avoid-those-pesky-robocalls-with-new-caller-id-feature-20180416-00638 Dan Dan Skwire author: "First Fault Software Problem Solving" http://www.linkedin.com/in/danskwire 4800 Country Meadows Boulevard Sarasota,FL 34235 h: 941-378-2383 c: 941-400-7632 dskwire () mindspring com Sent from my iPhoneOn Apr 25, 2018, at 11:14 AM, Dave Farber <farber () gmail com> wrote: Begin forwarded message:From: Peter Capek <peter.capek () gmail com> Date: April 25, 2018 at 10:21:14 AM EDT To: Dave Farber - IP <farber () gmail com> Subject: Verizon tagging incoming calls as SPAM? Reply-To: capek () ieee org For IP... I get my home "landline" service through Verizon FiOS. I've noticed that for about 2 weeks now, the caller ID on many incoming calls starts with "SPAM?". It seems that Verizon is tagging calls which it thinks are sales or other solicitations to alert the receiver. So far, it's been pretty accurate: no false positives, and I believe only one call which I'd consider spam was not so tagged. I was unable to find anything on Verizon's web site about this, nor was I notified. I'd be interested to know how they're deciding that a call is spam. An interesting side-effect is that I can scroll through my caller ID history and get an objective measure of the fraction of calls which are evil. It's close to half. Maybe we can look forward to a service to block these calls instead of merely labeling them. Peter CapekArchives | Modify Your Subscription | Unsubscribe Now
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