Speaking as a user I can see the benefits of an application that might
block calls from numbers that are not on my contact list. Marketing
calls are VERY annoying.
I do understand the potential security problems if this falls in the
wrong hands, of course.
But as a user I can understand : )
Juan
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 5:53 PM, Chris Stratton cs07...@gmail.com wrote:
But there's no reason a future version of the platform couldn't
include both a documented api and an explicit reject calls
permission.
On Sep 10, 12:51 pm, Chris Stratton cs07...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sep 10, 11:48 am, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote:
Blocking incoming phone calls...even if I
knew how to do it, I would not be discussing it on an open list like
this. After all, malware might exploit this capability to block all
incoming calls, or random incoming calls, or something.
Malware with the permission to block calls would also have the
permission to make calls, wouldn't it? If so, would think that be
more serious, potentially running up substantial bills - and point to
the same caution of users needing to be careful of what applications
with phone permissions they install.
I would think that the ability to block calls, for example all calls
not in contacts, is much more likely to be employed to combat malware
of the robo-dialer sort used by unscrupulous telemarketers...
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