Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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Cyberprotection

Tags: cyberspace theory, gender studies, how to
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cat_sanctuary

cat_sanctuary

March 12 2015, 16:44:06 UTC 6 years ago

I distrust anything that claims to make anything more "secure" by demanding a phone number. My prepaid phone minutes are expensive, most of the places where I use the Internet are supposed to be phone-free zones, and I seriously think the phone companies should automatically demand a $100 payment directly to the owner of a phone that anyone not on a short list of close friends causes to ring. (Yes, for $100 strangers can tell me what a great job of carpet cleaning they do or whom to vote against, all day long...but not for less.)
ysabetwordsmith

Yes...

ysabetwordsmith

March 12 2015, 18:16:40 UTC 6 years ago

Unsolicited phone calls used to be an annoyance. Now they are a direct and unstoppable theft of often-scarce resources. That phone companies allow this shows that they are parasites, not partners.
tomtac

Re: Yes...

tomtac

March 15 2015, 14:16:07 UTC 6 years ago Edited:  March 20 2015, 12:09:40 UTC

I may have missed something. When my cell rings, I look at the number displayed.

Any calls with Caller ID blocked, I don't answer.

Any number that is in my contacts, the caller id shows what I stored. If it is the wife or someone I know, I can answer. But I also store names like "ambulanceChaser dontAnswer", and I don't answer.

If the number that is shown is not in my contacts, the number is just shown. I don't answer, and know that legitimate callers will leave a message that I will access.