This is what happens when you fail to reign in scam calls in any way for a decade plus.
Believe it or not, this is a perfect time to leave a voice mail. The not answering spam calls I am normalized with, but the refusal to use voice mail for important calls is inexcusable.
I don’t have a voicemail set up specifically because I don’t want to dial in to check it. If you’re a real person just text me to get my attention.
Dunno about other countries, but in Brazil you have to pay to listen to your voicemail
My voicemail box is full because I don’t have the heart to clear it, I have a bunch of old messages from my father who passed
You should try to get those saved somewhere else, they won’t last forever in voicemail and you could lose them.
I wish I had saved some of my father’s messages 😔
There was a time where spam calls didn’t exist? I am pretty sure 2 seconds after Alexander Bell tested the first pair of phones, someone tried to sell him an extended warranty for his car.
I’m totally with the hiker on this one, and this illustrates why spam calls are more than just a nuisance.
Yep. I’m lost, 2% battery left, I aint answering a call from an unknown number. Imagining dying of thirst having wasted your last battery on a telemarketing call.
Why didn’t they text? Cultural norms aside, texts usually go through more easily than calls in spotty areas. But yeah, I’ll take hypothermia and exposure over answering an unknown number any day.
Modern search and rescue tools actually do send a text with a link to ping your exact location. The text is intended to be customized to the situation so they know it is legit.
Clark, your mother Martha is worried about you. You are not in trouble. Please contact Metropolis PD to let us know you are safe, or click this link to share your location so we can come get you.
If I saw that show up on my phone then I would immediately assume that there’s a warrant out for my arrest. That message would be more likely to get me to huck my phone in a stream than click the link.
That’s your prerogative. Nobody is making you get saved. It’s not illegal to be missing.
At least you know that folks are looking for you and can make a decision based on that info.
But if you were actually injured and/or stuck somewhere, you might be inclined to click that link (or call your mother.)
I’m more likely to answer a call than respond to a text, and i feel like this is the same for most people. Besides, why would rescuers send a text?
That phrase is so fucking old, you’re almost the boomer for using it, touch grass weirdo
Real talk the lack of caller id for all businesses or government lines is insane.
If you are not making a private call, on a private line, the I’d should be populated
The bigger issue here is spam calls.
If that shit was stopped, people wouldn’t ignore unknown callers.
While your solution is good it only solves part of the problem.
Many countries have this. It’s just just shitty American carriers that hold us back by gating anything and everything behind a fee.
Actually, in this case, it’s partially the opposite.
The Madison River Telephone Company (later CenturyLink and now Lumen) started blocked calls and services from Vonage (VOIP) in 2005 because VOIP was a threat. The FCC stepped in and ruled against Madison River in what was really the beginning of Net Neutrality legislation.
Their ruling established that phone carriers couldn’t discriminate against other services accessing their network and its features. Among those features is Caller ID. Since any. VOIP phone system doesn’t actually originate from a telephone exchange, so they all essentially have to “spoof” their Caller ID.
The phone companies can’t block CallerID spoofing from spamme4s and scammers without violating a 20yo ruling from the FCC.
which is extremely outdated, with proper called ID these spoofed numbers should be presented as such on the caller ID
I wouldn’t expect rescuers to be calling me (assuming this is legit), so yeah, I probably wouldn’t answer either
Cmon, of course they would. They use every tool available and the phone is right there.
