XPost: comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-12-14 05:52, c186282 wrote:   
   > On 12/13/25 14:46, rbowman wrote:   
   >> On Sat, 13 Dec 2025 21:16:22 +1100, Daniel70 wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 13/12/2025 5:42 am, rbowman wrote:   
   >>>> On Fri, 12 Dec 2025 21:11:22 +1100, Daniel70 wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> So I brought one of those "Answer machine and Two handset" systems   
   >>>>> ....   
   >>>>> so now, if I get a call, I can let the Answer machine pick up the call   
   >>>>> and then, if it's a Real call, I can pick up the phone whilst 'they   
   >>>>> are leaving a message.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> If its a Robotcall, it/they usually hang up whilst my "I'm not here,   
   >>>>> leave a message" message is rattling off!Job done!   
   >>>>   
   >>>> That works for me. It was humorous when I got a new machine and didn't   
   >>>> bother recording a message, leaving the generic female greeting that   
   >>>> came with it. The first time my ex called and got the machine "You've   
   >>>> got a live in?" she asked.   
   >>>>   
   >>> Hey, have we got the same "generic female greeting"??   
   >>   
   >> Probably. Its not quite robotic and probably is a clip spoken by a real   
   >> human but is very bland.   
   >   
   >    My ATT unit has a fake male voice. That's PROBABLY   
   >    better because it implies there's a big strong man   
   >    living there instead of a 5'2" woman.   
   >   
   >    Have a spare one. Landline will probably be obsoleted   
   >    before I ever need it.   
   >   
   >    No caller-ID on the unit, but my phone does that.   
   >   
   >    Alas it can NOT detect spoofing. Pretty much nothing   
   >    commercial will. CID spoofing is mostly done by sending   
   >    the little data packet a tad EARLY, before the carrier   
   >    normally would. Yer device accepts the fake, and then   
   >    ignores the subsequent carrier update. This WOULD be   
   >    easy to detect ... except nobody bothers. Wonder why ?   
   >   
      
   Not sure, but my guess is the hack was invented later.   
      
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