Hello to all. Lately I’ve been receiving a lot of spam calls under private number. Is there a way to block them? Any app?

  • GrappleHat@lemmy.ml
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    17 hours ago

    I use Yet Another Call Blocker. It has a custom block list you can use to block a specific number.

    The block list also supports wildcard characters, which is my favorite feature! I use it to block swaths of numbers (much of my spam comes from the state I used to live in, so I block those area codes).

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      12 hours ago

      Looks like it hasn’t been updated in 3 years. Is it still maintained?

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        11 hours ago

        You’re right, I hadn’t noticed that.

        Looks like the F-droid version is way behind, because you can see on their GitLab page that the project is still maintained. It’d be best to get the app directly through GitLab I suppose, or add an F-droid repo that has a more up-to-date version.

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          10 hours ago

          Looks like there are just more translations in the gitlab history, but no new releases since 2021.

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            8 hours ago

            Ugh, you’re right! I didn’t realize. I’m going to give SpamBlocker a try instead. I just downloaded and flipped through the options and it looks better than “Yet Another Call Blocker” anyway.

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              5 hours ago

              I mean, it doesn’t necessarily mean the app is dead, maybe it’s just still working as intended?

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        14 hours ago

        It can block hidden numbers, if that’s what you mean by “private”.

        I hope you like the app!