Don’t ever answer private numbers. This way you’ll be respecting their privacy.
One car accident, endless spam calls
Submitted 7 months ago by FenrirIII@lemmy.world to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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ConstantPain@lemmy.world 7 months ago
dohpaz42@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I’ve never understood why things like this have to be a part of public record. Traffic accidents, traffic citations, bankruptcies, buying a house, and even getting divorced.
All of those are very personal things that should never be a part of public record. And even if they are, the PII should not.
Zachariah@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Simple improvement: Add a fee to access the personally identifiable information. And make the record of accessing the information public.
Not perfect, but better.
dohpaz42@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I believe some things (like DMV records) are fee based. But the fee is nominal and wouldn’t stop any predator from doing bad things if they are so inclined. The only thing adding fees does is to financially incentivize keeping the data online and accessible to anybody who pays.
LodeMike@lemmy.today 7 months ago
That wouldn’t fix anything. There would be a site reselling it for a lower price or a large subscription fee for a specific area.
Almost anything made by governments is public domain so it’s legal.
spookex@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Say that under any thread about any billionaire and watch your comment get double digit downvotes
dohpaz42@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I don’t like the existence of billionaires anymore than the next reasonably-sane pleb does. But someone’s financial/social status should never be a consideration to their constitutional right of privacy. You’ll just have to find some other way to harangue them for their behavior.
baggins@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Bankruptcy should 100% be a public record.
dohpaz42@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Why? To publicly humiliate a person? Not everyone is evil; people fall on hard times. It happens. A lot. Why should they be further harassed by predatory practices of being offered loans after they’ve hit the rock bottom of their financial world? Because the first thing that happened when I filed for bankruptcy was to be offered a mortgage loan.
IllNess@infosec.pub 7 months ago
These calls might be from lawyers. Check your mail and see if you are getting mail from lawyers. They are all trying to beat each other to get you to sign with them.
MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk 7 months ago
Sounds like spam to me.
thepreciousboar@lemm.ee 7 months ago
How would random laywers have access to your number?
IllNess@infosec.pub 7 months ago
I don’t know how all states operate but they have access to police reports that have your contact info. If it doesn’t have your number then background reports.
ColdWater@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Better call Saul, am I rite?
FenrirIII@lemmy.world 7 months ago
It’s all call center spam. People speaking Chinese or Hindi in the background
kent_eh@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Which means they’re not going to respect your local do not call lists.
finestnothing@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Highly recommend getting on the national do not call list www.donotcall.gov . Doesn’t stop all spam calls, but it shrunk the amount I got at least
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 7 months ago
Does it expire or something? I used this when I got my current phone number but it’s saying my number isn’t registered now.
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 7 months ago
They say it doesn’t but my real world experience is that you have to re-register every year or three. But it definitely makes a difference in the legal spam callers at least
recklessengagement@lemmy.world 7 months ago
This is why having a virtual number is good - my google voice number catches the overwhelming majority of the spam
Zachariah@lemmy.world 7 months ago
That’s what I use it for. I really want to find an alternative provider (Voice and YouTube are the last Google products I use), but haven’t settled on anything yet.
b3an@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Tell me if you find something ever. 🫶🙈🤜🤛
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 7 months ago
What’s a good non google alternative though?
LobsterScuttle@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I use mysudo. It’s not free, but pretty cheap at $10 a year.
finestnothing@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Normal phone number + carrion is decent
pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
most normal wifi calling.
Psythik@lemmy.world 7 months ago
What do you mean? Not being on wifi isn’t going to prevent spam calls from coming in unless your service is just that bad. Please explain.
pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
im just making a joke
ResoluteCatnap@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
You can also block calls from unrecognized numbers. Doesn’t stop them from being able to leave a voicemail though which is both good and bad
DaddleDew@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Can you explain how a car accident lead to this?
Montagge@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
Some places accidents are public record so it could be predatory lawyers
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 7 months ago
My wife had a forgotten bill get sent to small claims instead of actually contacting her. As soon as it hit the small claims court system she got inundated with ads from law firms offering to represent her
c0smokram3r@midwest.social 7 months ago
I would agree w this. Had a parent get into a minor fender bender & had to help field calls from multiple injury lawyers.
usrtrv@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
Exchange contact info with someone after the accident then that someone is extremely petty. That’s my guess.
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
Yes but what are they doing to get all these spam calls? Are they petty and signed OP up for a bunch of spam?
RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Freedom or something.