(11-03-2026, 10:34 AM)KillerLeft Wrote: It's crazy, man. No matter how many random numbers I block, more texts keep popping up to tell me some politician is the actual spawn of Satan. I'm not sure this AI thing is going to make our lives better.
I just switched phone numbers and transferred my old number on a Google account. I don't plan on updating any of my online profiles or 2FA, save for the Google recovery option on the account with the parked number, and only gave it to friends and family. Almost everyone online is selling your data so there is no telling where the spam bots are picking up your number. I was getting so much "you are approved for a loan spam" that my old number was unusable and since I switched to the new number two months ago, zero spam calls. Having the old number transferred to Google and accessible is handy for 2FA and other account verification activities. I should also mention that I bought an "expensive" (`$150) local number because it was easy to remember and I figured that had a higher probability of being without service would remove it from spam/call lists.
AI like most tools will be a net negative because of misuse and that ignores the environmental and economic impacts we have and will see.
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