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India Today: Centre asks social media platforms to remove apps enabling caller ID fraud. “In a bid to curb cyber fraud, the Centre has sent an advisory to social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram and X among others, directing them to remove applications that enable users to manipulate their caller IDs.”
Looks like it's going to be one heck of a day at work. We have a major outage with our software for majority of our customers that were upgraded last Thursday night and now today they aren't able to connect or get signed in.
Calls are going crazy as are emails. Let's hope this day ends quickly!
Daily Wrap: Italy’s elite scammed by AI voice forgery in ransom plot. “Italian figures from the worlds of business, finance, and fashion have fallen victim to a fraud in which the voice of Defence Minister Guido Crosetto was forged using artificial intelligence. As reported by the Polish Press Agency, the fraudsters, impersonating the minister, requested funds for the supposed release of […]
The Happy Hermit blogs "Why I don't answer the phone," and he lists things he could be doing why he cannot answer. IMHO the best part is:
"Because it’s none of your business. I don’t owe an explanation to anyone about what I do with my time. It’s my life. Nobody is entitled to my time or attention.
I am not a slave to anyone. And I definitely won’t become a slave to a little gadget, like too many people have become."
NGL, feeling that soooo if you feel like not answering your phone, just don't. It's your time and your life. Do what you will!
#fridaythoughts #phonecalls #justbecause
Reference https://andreasmoser.blog/2011/03/18/why-i-dont-answer-the-phone/
JJJ Industries – Vol. 1: Holdin' On
#Comedy #phonecalls #phonepranks #prank #prankcalls #Montgomery
CC BY-NC-ND (#CreativeCommons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives)
https://jjjindustries.bandcamp.com/album/vol-1-holdin-on
Good morning and happy Wednesday #Fediverse folks!
How has your day been so far and what have you accomplished or what do you hope to accomplish?
For me, I just started work about an hour ago and so far it's been pretty slow. Managed to get my 2025 training stuff completed which is nice.
I have two meetings today. One at 2pm which is an entire team meeting, then one at 3pm which is a one on one with my immediate supervisor. More of a check in to see how I'm doing type meeting, so that should be a decent meeting.
Not much else is planned since I work until 8pm EST, so I'll just answer calls as they come in. Just hoping there aren't too many crazy calls.
[#TLDR: JUST TELL ME IF YOUR TABLET CAN DO #CALLS!]
#DearVendors of #Android-#Tablets:
Off all the #Functions you can put into a #Specifications Sheet of your Devices there's one you should ALWAYS answer clearly on your #Website:
DOES YOUR TABLET [with #4G / #5G / …) SUPPORT MAKING PHONE CALLS?
Like: IS IT TOO MUCH TO ASK TO HAVE THAT INFO IN THE SPECSHEETS?
You're obviously able to list all the #Codecs natively supported and the user-available storage as well as supported Frequency Bands, WWAN modes, WiFi channel width and the Display Glass vs. Panel dimensions including DPI of the latter and whether or not it has a hall effect sensor to detect your overpriced 1st party tablet covers!
Now some folks may ask: "WHY does this matter?" or outright dismiss this as a problem.
Listen:
Not everyone is able or willing to carry two devices when 1 SHOULD BE ENOUGH and also some places (i.e. #Turkey) have #ImportRestrictions re: #MobileDevices, so having more than 1 #IMEI is already a "NOPE!" by the authorities.
- Also this isn't something one can "fix" post-purchase like installing #VLC to decode some obscure file format in Software: Either the #Baseband and #ROM support #PhoneCalls or they don't!
So why do NONE of the #Tablet manufacturers allow to #search or #filter for that???
- Bonus points if you have lazy fucks like #HMD (aka. #Nokia) who literally copy the #Safety & #Useage information for all #Smartphones and #Tablets and don't even bother to change "Mobile Phone" for "Tablet".
NO, instead one has to download an obscenely huge #PDF just to then read on page 34 that for any "#telephony" function you NEED YET ANOTHER DEVICE FROM THE SAME MANUFACTURER AND HAVE TO SIGNUP WITH AN ACCOUNT and even that level of #abuse WON'T GUARANTEE THAT IT WORKS...
- I mean, come on, this ain't some obscure functionality like #OMAPI to do some "evil sourcery" like managing an #eSIM that is in a #SIM-Card form factor!
Pretty shure A LOT of other folks have the same question and ain't willing to get yet another device & #SIM just to recieve the occasional call because #TechIlliterates can't be assed to send an #eMail or learn #XMPP+#OMEMO to message one...
- Obviously they same manufacturers are able and willing to specify f-stops of the built-in cameras and list EVERY SINGLE #WEARABLE they made and certify as 'compatible' with, as if anyone is gonna take their non-#waterproof #Tablet for a marathon or god forbid triathlon...
I am that individual who will screen a random phone call or Teams call on the basis of "you demanded my immediate attention and communication and did not give me context or a moment to prepare."
No I am not sorry for it, but I will usually communicate back somewhat quickly at least.
Now that I'm no longer in training for this job, I need to figure out a way that I can play video games in between calls. Especially on slow days like today.
I have three monitors, so that obviously makes it easier. Just need to figure out how to position windows correctly as well as make sure I can pause the game when a call comes in and not die or anything similar within the game itself.
6:30 AM, the phone for Saint Jude's food and rent Charity rings. The phone is part of my wife's charity work. She takes requests for help. She is sound asleep. I lay in bed listening to the phone ring. A minute or two later, it sounds off again. It isn't unusual for someone to call at 2 AM. Why they think that is a good time to call for help is beyond my pay grade. It is Fair Week, there will be a lot of overspending and calls for help, their safety net.
#charity #phoneCalls #help #Food #Rent
#Zoom CEO Eric Yuan wants #AI clones in #meetings
https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/3/24168733/zoom-ceo-ai-clones-digital-twins-videoconferencing-decoder-interview
"Not only Zoom calls but also all other #work we’re doing every day. Chat and #messaging, #phonecalls, #emails, #whiteboard, #coding, #creative tasks, #manager tasks, #projectmanagement — all of those things together with AI help and new applications. That’s the direction. That’s part of our #Workplace [platform]. It’s our 2.0 journey."
Watch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robots_(2023_film) (nice but no must-see) for a variant of this idea. 
1982 South Central Bell Commercial
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#Telephones #Phonecalls #MaBell #TvCommercial #BlackMastodon #BlackFedi #BlackFriday #retro #vintage
I rang the gp this morning, you can usually get an in person appointment, or phone one the same day. But they referred me to their pharmacy partnership, who should ring me this morning, and I may have to go them.
I wanted to insist on a gp appointment, but I couldn’t get my words out. So I guess we’ll see what they say, and I’ll repeat tomorrow if I’m not happy.
Now I have to wait for the phone call 
King Jam Master, NOT To Be Confused With Grandmaster Flash!... New journal post: https://albert71292.livejournal.com/1791434.html?utm_source=twsharing&utm_medium=social& #audiocassettes #randyhaney #music #digitization #tapeandrecordshowenterprises #1980s #trse #phonecalls
#omnishambles #BritishTelecom . After years of more or less working services we have working internet after a renewal, but fixing a contract appears to be very difficult for them. #kafka (not the streaming one, the author) would be impressed. Many departments pointing fingers to each other. Doing things online too diffiicult for a telco, so #phonecalls . (other providers not much better it seems, at least we are online, and the engineers they send are competent when needed)
I kinda wish job agencies didn't call me out of the blue, asking me to drop everything like they are the most important part of my day when I'm already working. I'm scanning for a better contract next year, I'm not dying.
This could have been an email or text.
@ariadne Indeed I got a #pinephone and it is just a brick as it cannot make #phonecalls . What is this about? Why is this like this? Does anyone's #linuxphone make calls ?