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I don't get it. If a recruiter calls you, you are either interested or not. So, what's the harm ?

The problem is Google doesn't yet have a spam filter for my phone like they do for my email

(I mean, in practice I just don't answer any calls I am not expecting - but not everyone can do that)

What I would really like is, when someone calls me, a voice menu saying "You've reached David's phone. If this is an emergency or he's expecting your call, press 1 to ring through. Otherwise, press 3 to set up a time to call, or 7 to leave a message."

If your API receives 1 spam request a day its no biggie.

If it receives a few million (eg. via LOIC or whatever), its disabling.

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