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		thesis on March 14, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: How can scam callers fake a mobile phone n... This is great and all until there’s an emergency and someone is trying to reach you.

xp84 on March 14, 2022 [–]

Yeah, it's less than ideal, but this is the future that the lazy carriers have brought us to. Hopefully, someone trying to reach me in an emergency would have the brains to send a text.

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