Hi all, through my experience, the third party apps that are supposed to do this a pure trash. I mean true caller was pretty decent, but it was packed with ads and trackers of course and the overbearing permissions that constantly tries hijacking my set SMS and dialer apps… I don’t think using a third party app is the right solution.

I came across an internet protocol called NCID which is network callet ID, which sounds quite interesting, but strangely there is little documentation and virtually no online community discussion about this.

So I’m wondering what are some good caller ID options available? I’m a private person and I like knowing who is calling also, would like to stop spam. I’m sure there’s a whole world dedicated to this such stuff, but I can’t seem to find the solution. And tips or advice or anything would be great. Thanks

  • Macaroni9538@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Thanks. I have come across that and I was actually going to make a new post about this concern… So it appears yet another caller hasn’t been updated in years, so it seems abandoned to me. Are those even safe to use? I don’t know enough to tell, but my mind tells me abandoned or way outdated apps pose risks?

    • kratoz29@lemm.eeEnglish
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      1 year ago

      To be honest I didn’t even realize it wasn’t updated in a long time lol.

      I only got it because someone else recommended it here on Lemmy and I wanted to ditch Google Dialer (which would get rid of their own blocker).

      So far since I did the change seems to block unwanted stuff, and I don’t know if it helps, but seems that some calls/numbers are reviewed online?

      As I said, I didn’t look hard on this, and since it is working I have no complaints for now, but if someone is willing to make this clearer for us I would be glad :)