I was on a phone call this morning, and i was getting an inbound call when we were about to finish our call. The phone said Spam likely, and I didn’t see the number at first while it rang. The missed call notification I got was “spam risk” and when going in there I found the phone number that called.
This is the first time I’ve seen this, because I’ve heard of people receiving these notifications on their calls for some time. I think this is great news! Maybe now I can go back to possibly answering my phone for phone numbers now knowing I have this to help me.
This is known as STIR/SHAKEN where this is a protocol where caller ID can’t be spoofed. It does not stop the calls from coming in unless you specifically go on to your phone settings and turn on silence unknown callers. I’m not necessarily sure if thats the right thing to do, as places like doctor offices, hospitals, and other companies use a bank of phone numbers and you’ll miss calls.
Its best to link to the Wikipedia article as there are a lot of links to various aspects including the caller ID spoofing, Internet Engineering Task Force, and nore. Security Now has also talked about this on their podcast and you should check it out.
Security Now! is the longest running twit show to date. I know I’m behind, and I need to catch up, but it is a show worth listening to.
This technology works no matter the phone, a person who comes here to assist me does not have an iphone. This is nice to see!
You can see Security Now! podcast 761 for a recent update on this.
How have you delbt with the spam likely calls? Turn on the unknown callers and call people back? I aught to play with it and see if thats the way to go. Your thoughts are welcome.
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I have noticed this on a few numbers, I get called by spam from time to time.
I don’t answer or sometimes I do then hang up, sometimes they leave messages.
As soon as I try to call it back the number I get this is blocked because it is spam.
So technically they may be able to get a call through once but after that then its blocked.
Its been like this for a few months now.