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[–] MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world 56 points 9 months ago (25 children)

Here's an idea... why not ban all robo-calls?

[–] officermike@lemmy.world 29 points 9 months ago (23 children)

Because there are legitimate reasons for some robo calls. Appointment reminders and confirmations, school weather closure announcements, two-factor login verification, etc.

[–] gapbetweenus@feddit.de 20 points 9 months ago (4 children)

You can do all this things without robo calls. There are no robo calls in Germany for example.

[–] scorpionix@feddit.de 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I thought I lived in a pretty backwards part of Germany but your corner must be extremely off the grid!

To just name one example in Germany: Verification via robo call in WhatsApp.

[–] gapbetweenus@feddit.de 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Oh, I genuinely didn't know there are robo calls in Germany, never encountered them - always used sms or other kinds of verification. My bad.

[–] thecrotch@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

Today, history was made. For the first time someone politely admitted they were wrong on the internet

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