• CoderKat@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Spam callers have basically ruined telephone as a medium. For many, a phone call is more likely to be fake and spam than it is to be legitimate. And even if the call claims to come from a source you might trust, good odds it’s spoofed and thus cannot in fact be trusted.

    A shame on telecoms for not being willing to tackle the problem.

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      1 year ago

      Both email and the telephone have been ruined by spam for me. The inbox has become an unwieldy, inefficient mess.

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        1 year ago

        I’m even getting Google Drive spam now. Complete randos “sharing files” with me. There’s no way to prevent it.

      • ElectroNeutrino@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        At least email has some tools to help mitigate the issue, like SPF, DKIM, and DMARC. They aren’t perfect, but they are loads better than telephony.

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            1 year ago

            I’ve never gotten that to work. Did Gmail remove the ability to do it? I’m probably just dumb.

            • orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts
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              1 year ago

              It should still work. It’s become kind of a common pattern. I’ve found it works in Proton Mail too which is nice.