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by prutschman 1877 days ago
And in the old days you could get your number unlisted if you didn't want it published.
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In Australia you have to pay extra for this feature, like $3/month, and extra for caller ID blocking, but cell numbers get unlisted status for free. I haven't had a landline for a decade. Is this still the case in the US?(https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2010/08/unlisted-phon...)

Makes me wonder how sparse phone numbers would have to be to make spam impractical. Would people use long virtual numbers? Imagine if your friends had your 64 digit phone number, and you would know it was a non spam inbound caller.

Or even better, TOFU, like a Signal call. Or just a Signal data channel over LTE.

delisted

un- is a prefix for adjectives, not verbs.

e.g.

Bob decrypted the message and set it to Alice as unencrypted plain-text.

Unlisted numbers are less prone to robo-calling, but most phone companies charge a fee for delisting a number.