Has anyone actually managed to stop unwanted calls and texts?

[Privacyguyr]

I’ve been looking into ways to reduce spam calls and scam texts without changing phone numbers.

Blocking individual numbers doesn’t seem like a long-term solution.

Has anyone tried call filtering, removing their number from public databases or other privacy measures? What actually made a noticeable difference?

[urszula]

@Privacyguyr

ooking into ways to reduce spam calls and scam texts without changing phone numbers.

Have you tried blocking unknown numbers or numbers that are not in your contact list through these options:

If that’s not an option (and we totally get it, not every call that’s not in your contact list is spam) where supported by your carrier, spam texts can be reported by forwarding them to 7726.

I expanded on this topic here:

Is Mudita working on a way to easily block text message phone numbers (like with a long press, etc.)?

Call blocking is already available- it it’s for blocking calls from specific numbers. [20260116_112331] You can block unknown numbers or numbers that are not in your contact list. Just blocking spam texts is not something that is currently on our roadmap. One thing that might help clarify what’s going on here: spam blocking doesn’t actually happen primarily on the phone itself. Most of it happens at the carrier level or through large, constantly updated databases that track suspicious numbe…