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submitted 4 days ago by insanemantis@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Prank calls is a big one. No one can do them anymore thanks to smartphones exposing the caller ID

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[–] dan@upvote.au 8 points 4 days ago

Most countries have a code you can dial before a number to hide the caller ID. It's #31# in Australia and *67 in the USA.

Technology has still ruined it though, since most people don't pick up calls from private numbers any more because a lot of them are spam.