Phone numbers were not a secure 2FA anyway, and I've been using the TOTP alternative since it's been available... but I don't really see a problem with them using whatever to show "more relevant ads", if you don't want ads just use an ad blocker.
Not excuse this behavior in the least, but robo calls in general are a solved problem for me.
But more importantly, increased robocalls seriously means more life interruptions. Work nights? Sleeping while sick? That phone still rings, and there are many reasons to leave the sound on. Direct to voicemail simply doesn't really solve all the issues.
Didn't live in a mobile service area either, so no mobile too. Some parts of that were really good. :)
Anyone with kids.
Anyone who works as a B2B customer contact.
* Be in the US, get your mobile number years and years ago and it has the area code of where you lived at the time.
* Move somewhere else, keep the mobile number.
* Now you get 4-5 robocalls per day spoofing numbers from "your" area code and calling at reasonable hours for that area... which are not reasonable hours where you now live.
And if you say "just turn on do not disturb", remember some folks have to be on call for their jobs, don't know in advance what numbers the pager alerts will come from, and so have to leave the phone open to ring from whoever calls. Which will be robocalls with "helpful" offers at 4AM.
What I would love to see in a future mobile operating system is the ability to say "block all calls from this area code unless they're in my contacts".
Anyone who runs a small business?
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