TRAI has issued a clarification on the 140 and 1600 number series row, dismissing recent media reports as potential “misinformation” and restating its position — no tagging, blocking or filtering of 1600-series calls is permitted, and 140-series calls can only be blocked through the DND registry. What the clarification does not address is the actual problem: institutions are misusing these number series, and consumers are paying the price.
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TRAI made Truecaller Whitelist 140/1600 Series Numbers. Indians are Blocking Them 5 lakh Times a Day
Spam and Fraud calls are a massive problem plaguing India and many other countries. India is one of the most spammed countries around the world with consumers receiving over 41 billion spam calls and 129 billion spam messages every year.
Common Myths and Misconceptions about Truecaller Debunked
There has been a monumental rise in spam callers lately and it is getting harder to identify which calls are genuine and which calls are just a waste of time. Thankfully, one of the solutions to this problem is the Truecaller app, available on both the Android and iOS platforms. Truecaller is one of the world’s leading caller ID and spam-blocking services with more than 320 million users. It works on crowd-sourced data of phone numbers and collecting reports of spam calls from the community. In this article, we clear some common misconceptions about how Truecaller actually works.
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BHIM app v 1.2 gets support for seven regional languages, spam report and more
BHIM app for UPI-based payments which crossed 1.1 crore downloads in 20 days has received a major update with new features. The update that bumps the app to version 2.1 gets support for seven Indian languages and improved security.
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Google launches Postmaster Tools to improve Gmail’s spams
With an aim to fight Gmail spams, Google has launched new Postmaster Tools. Gmail’s spam filter now uses an artificial neural network to detect and block “the especially sneaky spam.”
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Google removes rogue BatteryBot Pro app from Play Store
Google has removed a malicious application from the Play Store that had disguised itself as another app. The application that was removed is a rogue version of the app called BatteryBot Pro.
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