Use your phone’s “Silence Unknown Callers” (iPhone) or spam protection settings (Android) to automatically block or send un ...

Are you tired of sketchy companies, scammers, telemarketers and robocallers constantly calling you? While there's no 100% effective solution, you can get pretty close by keeping your phone number out ...

Verizon’s Call Filter has surpassed 20 billion spam calls blocked. That’s a lot of expiring extended car warranties. This week, Verizon announced new stuff for Call Filter, including a Honeypot ...

Spam calls and texts are unarguably annoying and disruptive, so it's a good idea to get acquainted with the tools and apps you can use to stop them. Here are a few on iOS. For iPhone users, there are ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Millions of Verizon customers may have been at risk of having their call histories exposed through a security flaw in the ...

A vulnerability in Verizon's Call Filter feature allowed customers to access the incoming call logs for another Verizon Wireless number through an unsecured API request. The flaw was discovered by ...

Spam calls are a seemingly endless nuisance with no solution, but there are several ways to get relief built into your iPhone and through services like those provided by Incogni. It's not just you — ...

Spam and scam calls have turned the simple act of answering your phone into a risk calculation, but on the iPhone a surprising amount of protection is already built in. With a few quiet tweaks, you ...

The Google Phone app currently includes a call log, but you can only filter it by missed calls. The latest Phone beta reveals work towards some new filter options. Those could include showing only ...

Spam calls are frustrating and put you at risk of hacking or phishing attempts. The best way to deal with such calls is to avoid engaging with them. However, identifying them is sometimes tricky. Your ...

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 ...