Ask HN: How to get out of Robocall Hell?
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I have a similar problem on my iPhone. I have it set to silent ring at all times, and I have extensions like NoMoRobo installed to defend against known bad actors, but I would much prefer a whitelist solution.
Now that Twilio is doing a beta test of their version of Functions/Serverless, I've been thinking I might be able to write my own whitelist-only phone service. Problem is, how do I get the approved calls from Twilio back to my iPhone? And how do I do that without exposing that method to robocallers?
Now that Twilio is doing a beta test of their version of Functions/Serverless, I've been thinking I might be able to write my own whitelist-only phone service. Problem is, how do I get the approved calls from Twilio back to my iPhone? And how do I do that without exposing that method to robocallers?
I don't know if the app you want exists. But I'm pretty sure someone here can write it. And if you want it, maybe a fair number of other people do, too.
Does anyone know of a solution that does the following: 1) If the calling # is in my contacts, it will ring. 2) If the calling # is not in my contacts, it goes to voicemail (only 1 robocaller in the last 2 years has left a voicemail). I've looked through all of the settings, and none of them provide this simple (seemingly obvious to me) behavior.
The problem is this: I DON'T TRUST MOST OF THE APP STORE APPS! I don't want them uploading my contacts to a server. I don't want them sending my incoming call information to a server. I don't want spyware/adware/crapware.
In the infinite wisdom of the Hacker News masses, surely someone knows of a safe, inexpensive, privacy-preserving solution!?!