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Verizon’s New Spam Call Filter is Your New Best Friend

Kellen July 12, 2021 18

In recent years, as the number of spam and robocalls have flooded my phone lines, I started to notice a pattern. Many of them showed up with an area code and middle 3-digits that matched my own phone number. It was obvious that this was a trick to get you...

AT&T Starts Validating Calls to Help Combat Robocalls

Kellen December 18, 2019

AT&T is now validating calls on select Android phones to fight back against robocallers who spoof numbers. This new validation is a part of the AT&T Call Protect service and will be added at no cost. Using the STIR/SHAKEN technology, AT&T is...

Verizon to Begin Auto-Enrolling Android Phones in Their Robocall Blocking Service

Kellen August 27, 2019

Verizon's Call Filter service is coming to your Android phone as early as today. Even if you haven't manually signed-up or installed the Call Filter app, there is a chance that Big Red will now auto-enroll you. Here's what that means. Verizon Call Filter is a...

AT&T, T-Mobile Partner to Combat Lame A** Robocalls

Tim August 14, 2019

AT&T and T-Mobile are partnering to deliver cross-network robocall protection built on SHAKEN/STIR standards, providing verification to customers that the call they’re getting is from an actual person and not a robocaller or scammer. For background, STIR/...

AT&T is Adding Automatic Fraud Call Blocking to Customers Accounts

Kellen July 9, 2019

AT&T announced today that they plan to add automatic fraud call blocking and suspected spam-call alerts to their customers' accounts. New AT&T customers will have the feature automatically added to their new accounts, while "millions" of current...

T-Mobile and Comcast Partner Up to Battle Cross-Network Robocalls

Kellen April 17, 2019

In the growing effort to combat robocalls, T-Mobile and Comcast announced this morning that they are the first to allow cross-network protection for their customers. This is a big step in the fight over call verification as robocallers continue to attack our...

Verizon Launches Free Version of Call Filter to Help Block Robocalls (Updated)

Kellen March 28, 2019

Verizon's free spam and robocall filtering service is here. Starting today, Verizon customers will begin to receive access to Call Filter without having to pay for the full suite of its features. Verizon Call Filter Verizon Call Filter used to be a paid-only...

Google’s Phone App for Nexus Devices Gets Spam Calling Protection

Kellen July 25, 2016 50

Google is updating the Phone app that is included on their Nexus devices to include spam protection against unwanted calls. The newest version of the app will alert you as a call is coming in if it may be a "suspected" spam caller (see below) and then let you...