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		kevin_thibedeau on Oct 29, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Lobbyists Win Right to Bombard Student Borrowers w... Doesn't work with the callers who spoof your own phone number.

TazeTSchnitzel on Oct 29, 2015 [–]

Here in the UK, calling your own number seems to be used exclusively for configuration stuff (voicemail etc.).

Is there any normal use for it in the states? If not, surely you should just blacklist your own number?

(I'm aware that any time you say "you should just ..." it's never that simple)

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