Feeling buried under a flood of unwanted calls and texts on your iPhone? Sadly, you aren't alone, as spam calls and texts are on the rise from anyone from eager local businesses to politicians asking ...

Open the Phone app. Tap Settings → Caller ID & Spam. Turn on Filter spam calls. Go to Settings → Phone → Silence Unknown ...

This morning WhitePages announced that it has acquired Mr. Number, the call blocking and phone spam identification app that is a top-20 Android app in the communications category, with over seven ...

Minister of State for Communications Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani addressed privacy concerns, clarifying that the app's primary ...

While regulators are doing everything they can to stop robocalls in their tracks , it's an uphill battle, and some calls will inevitably slip through and make it to your phone. Fortunately, both Apple ...

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A proposal to force cellphone companies to block certain spam texts is gaining momentum. Meanwhile, there are simple things you can do right now to stop spam texts, which I’ll get to shortly.

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"Bad actors" are reportedly responsible for texts to Verizon customers that come from their own number. The FTC said recently that phone fraud reports have skyrocketed. Verizon also told The Verge it ...

Trai has advised mobile users to report spam calls and messages through its DND app, saying that blocking numbers on devices ...

The regulator has urged users to actively report spam calls and messages through the dedicated platform rather than simply ...