Submitted 11 months ago by drewisawesome14@lemmy.world to [deleted]
Even if that works… now what?
They’ll magically start being reasonable and sensible?
Doubt.
Blocking their number would be the first step.
Maybe filing a report both with police and the service provider.
Getting a new number might be something to consider.
Ah yes, of course. Two wrongs certainly add up to a right.
If it really is actually an abusive situation, and not just something she is saying for attention or “victim points” or whatever, then she needs to physically leave to a different location. Living in the same home is a bad idea in that situation. Then, she needs to block the phone number.
Retaliation is never a good idea. You have no idea how he will respond, and depending on your local law, what you’re thinking of doing could be illegal. In which case, you could be fined or spend time in jail, while he smiles all the way to the bank. Would your retaliation be worth it then?
No. Security people are fast. If such a tool worked, a security update would have been pushed to address them before they had time to become available to laypeople.
Lol we are not that fast. That’s why phone number spoofing and spam calls are still incredibly rampant
Spider89@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I know this goes off of your question, but…
Why not just block the number?
drewisawesome14@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Because she still lives with him and is trying to get away from him. He uses his phone to track her and blow up her phone to harass her whenever she’s not home so I want his phone to basically be useless so she doesn’t feel like she’s constantly being watched
applejacks@lemmy.world 11 months ago
great idea, go overboard and make him furious, surely this won’t have any bad ramifications for her.
win95@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
I know how desperate it feels, but this isn’t a safe solution for her. She needs to get our of there ASAP, in secret, and then she can block his number. “sabotaging” him will infuriate him which can have disastrous consequences.