Head of the Consulting Department of the Information Security Center of Jet Infosystems, Nikolai Antipov, in an interview with the Prime agency, told Russians a way to get rid of advertising calls.
According to him, if a phone number has been included in the spammers’ database at least once, it is most likely that it will not be possible to get rid of their calls completely, since the database can pass from hand to hand or from company to company.
The lawyer explained that this is possible if the manager from whom they once made a purchase, when moving to work in another company, takes the customer base with him. “But don’t despair: today there are various ways to restrict such calls,” he said.
So, you can use the services of telecom operators to block unwanted calls, install special applications that notify you about calls with potential advertising or fraudsters. In addition, you can rent a virtual number and use it to register in loyalty programs and when shopping online.
The specialist emphasized that most often companies find out phone numbers from their owners when they indicate their personal data on any resources. In addition, there are special programs that find publicly available contacts on the Internet according to specified parameters. Finally, the customer base can be stolen by hacking the company’s website and then reselling.
In conclusion, the interlocutor of the agency noted that you can complain about intrusive advertising calls to the operator of communication services.
In October last year, Natalia Pshenichnikova, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Legal Disciplines of Synergy University, said that you can block spam calls from unknown numbers using your smartphone settings, mobile operator services, and special applications that use data from your own database as well as from user posts.