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This still lets people on that list wake you up after hours unless you take manual action.

I believe apple has a new call fitering API, but of course you don't have a way of really knowing what apps do with their permissions.

Apple should give you the ability to firewall apps from any net access.

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https://developer.apple.com/documentation/callkit/cxcalldire...

Single number at a time though. Useless for spammers that use random spoofed numbers. Not sure what sort of performance problems you'd hit by adding 10M numbers per area code. It's probably a hashset underneath, so maybe none...?

I was so annoyed by spam calls that I called my carrier and asked if I could block Texas and Florida.

Apparently you cannot.

The Hiya app lets you block calls that start with a particular string. It looks like the app allows for blocking just an area code. The only downside is that numbers being blocked by Hiya will sometimes start to ring for like a quarter of a second before the blocking takes effect - still better than having them ring through. I have the area code and exchange for both of the numbers that ring to my phone automatically blocked in Hiya (so, first six numbers) and it makes a big difference. My LG G7 has a call blocking feature, as well, but trying to block only the initial string of numbers for the area code and exchange didn't work. I'd recommend Hiya.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.webascende...

From the looks of screenshots from the iOS app, it looks like this app doesn't do this.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hiya-caller-id-spam-blocker/...

The thing that pisses me off is that the numbers are either faked or stolen. The people actually making the call on those numbers need to be arrested and charged with a felony. I don't care if they are some low level telemarketing drone. They are already scammers and are committing hundreds of felonies a day. Put them in prison.

Yeah, in my case that is what I want. There is only a handful of family that can get through. But, if they are calling at 3am, it is very likely an emergency. If this becomes a problem, I'd just ask them not to call at 3am. I haven't had any issues though.

Personal habit that's worked for me for years: turn off all data when I go to bed - only calls and sms can wake me up (of course this works if you don't use sms as a regular communication medium)

I end up syncing in the morning when I turn Wi-Fi back on

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