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[–] Zetta@mander.xyz 11 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

There are scammer call centers in many countries throughout the world. So unless you want to start shutting off a lot of developing nations from the internet, that's not a good solution.

It's also not a good solution because there will always be a workaround.

[–] UnrepentantAlgebra@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Ban phone calls? It's long overdue.

[–] Hudell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 hours ago

Why do we even need to have a phone number just to have access to the internet on the go?

[–] RamenJunkie@midwest.social 3 points 9 hours ago

The work around is to get Jason Statham to live out his Beekeeper role IRL.