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Ok. But the article was about t mobile. Not the others.

Okay? It also mentioned the main competition, so I think it's fair to talk about those as well.
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Wrong. Call filtering is provided free on all major carriers. Read what you just posted.

Whoops, my mistake. But the point is that none of it should cost extra, it's all stuff that should be included as part of basic phone service. Also, the T-Mobile one appears to only include caller ID for free (and will charge for the rest). Verizon appears to have a similar setup, and AT&T only offers blocking but charges for caller ID and the rest of the features.

These are things I've never seen charged for anywhere else in the world, it's just something that's expected. But American telcos know that customers just have to accept the service they're given because they often have few options to switch to. I stand by my original point that this is ridiculous.
 
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I use the AT&T Call Protect app and can verify that it doesn't work at all and is completely and utterly worthless. It's powered by Hiya, so that is also totally ineffective.

It's actually kind of driving me crazy. I get a 3+ robo calls per day most days. I've actually considered porting my number to a VOIP such as Google Voice to be able to have an automated screening system, and using a data-enabled iPad Mini as my primary comm device instead of an iPhone.

This is an area where I think Apple should step up and try to find a solution. Getting too many spam calls with drive down iPhone sales, so they have a vested interest in this.

ROBO: THREE a day? I receive 75~100+ a day. I'm with ATT but I use RoboKiller Premium which I found useless.
 
what are the privacy implications of this? Does TMO get access to contacts? Does TMO log phone calls accepted, etc?
 
Pay us to protect you from the thing we should be protecting you from in the first place.

Pay? What do you mean? Free service per article.
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what are the privacy implications of this? Does TMO get access to contacts? Does TMO log phone calls accepted, etc?

#1 - no - I'm guessing they leverage databases of known robo call sources.

#2 - All carriers have been logging phone calls accepted / declined / initiated for something like forever.

I was on a jury for a murder trial several years ago - part of the evidence was the cell phone company logs of the murderer's phone calls that afternoon. It included which tower his phone was making the call through, as well as which antenna on the tower - with the tower addresses and the antenna direction it was strong evidence of his (phone's) movements that day. ... and that was with a dumb flip-phone.
 
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Pay? What do you mean? Free service per article.
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#1 - no - I'm guessing they leverage databases of known robo call sources.

#2 - All carriers have been logging phone calls accepted / declined / initiated for something like forever.

I was on a jury for a murder trial several years ago - part of the evidence was the cell phone company logs of the murderer's phone calls that afternoon. It included which tower his phone was making the call through, as well as which antenna on the tower - with the tower addresses and the antenna direction it was strong evidence of his (phone's) movements that day. ... and that was with a dumb flip-phone.

Yuck jury duty. That and social media are the bane of today’s society
 
ROBO: THREE a day? I receive 75~100+ a day. I'm with ATT but I use RoboKiller Premium which I found useless.

For real? Do you post your number publicly somewhere? If I received that many, I would have long ago ditched the regular cellular plan and transitioned to something with a screener.
 
Did you get a SIM card and ongoing mobile service for free or did you pay some amount of money to a company to activate and retain that service?

Thought you were talking about the old metered minutes plans.

Unless you've found a carrier that provides free service then that part of your earlier post is moot since the anti-robocall service is free.
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Yuck jury duty. That and social media are the bane of today’s society

That is the one silver lining in all this COVID cloud -- I'd been scheduled for jury duty in late March.... which was then cancelled.
 
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Thought you were talking about the old metered minutes plans.

Unless you've found a carrier that provides free service then that part of your earlier post is moot since the anti-robocall service is free.

Some of it is free:
Scam Block
Helps keep all likely scammers off your phone entirely, so you can answer more confidently. And our Scam Counter keeps you up to date on the number of scam calls you've blocked or received.
*Qualifying service & capable device required. Turning on Scam Block might block calls you want; disable any time.

Caller ID
Reduces unidentified calls by displaying a caller's information, even if they’re not in your contact list. You can also label numbers as Favorites, so important calls always come through.
*Qualifying service & capable device required.

Scam Reporting
Identify suspicious callers or fraudsters and help prevent their calls from being received by you—or others—in the future.

Some of it costs $4/month:
COMING JULY 24
With Scam Shield Premium, you can:

- Manage your block list and send calls to voicemail.
- Send categorized call types to voicemail.
- Get information with reverse phone number lookup.
- Get voicemails texted to you automatically.
- All for only $4/month per line.

*Qualifying service & capable device required. Turning on Scam Block might block calls you want; disable any time. Plus taxes & fees for accounts currently paying for a T-Mobile wireless line with additional taxes & fees.

This isn't all that different from what the rest of the major American carriers currently offer.
 
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This is STIR/SHAKEN, Caller ID, Scam ID, and DIGITS aliases rebranded. Literally nothing new.
 
I left the dumpster fire that is T-Mobile years ago for AT&T, and I've never regretted it for a moment.

When a SOFT-SPOKEN BABE smiles at you and says thank you... : memes
 
I don’t see a way to get a proxy number in the app.

Edited to add: I now see it isn’t available until 7/24.

I don't even see the app. Is the app available before 07/24?
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I left the dumpster fire that is T-Mobile years ago for AT&T, and I've never regretted it for a moment.
Lol. Sure.
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Thank you, I’ve never heard that information before. It was extremely helpful for you to provide it.

I'll be their source. The US telecommunications industry is pathetic and broken compared to most other countries. US coverage maps are really just areas they are licensed to provide service, not where they promise it. Giant holes exist in areas that are not near water because 'it's not financially profitable' to provide those people with the same degree of service as the larger cities. But these carries have no issues taking taxpayer money while not providing balanced services with public property. What property? Spectrum. Carriers sit on it for years to decades without using it so as to prevent competitors from being able to enter a marketplace. Most other countries require their telecoms to actually USE the spectrum provided to them to provide people with a service - they can't just buy it and hold it hostage. And that's the thing, US carriers only care about how much money they make and so they lie and steal to increase that number at the expense of the people who provided them the resources to do so.
 
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I don't even see the app. Is the app available before 07/24?
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Lol. Sure.
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I'll be their source. The US telecommunications industry is pathetic and broken compared to most other countries. US coverage maps are really just areas they are licensed to provide service, not where they promise it. Giant holes exist in areas that are not near water because 'it's not financially profitable' to provide those people with the same degree of service as the larger cities. But these carries have no issues taking taxpayer money while not providing balanced services with public property. What property? Spectrum. Carriers sit on it for years to decades without using it so as to prevent competitors from being able to enter a marketplace. Most other countries require there telecoms to actually USE the spectrum provided to them to provide people with a service - they can't just buy it and hold it hostage. And that's the thing, US carriers only care about how much money they make and so they lie and steal to increase that number at the expense of the people who provided them the resources to do so.
According to T-Mobile, Scam ID is the same as Name ID, which I already have installed. I was hoping the new features would be live. I guess we will see a new branded app on 7/24.
 
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