• Peppycito@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    I took my phone number off my Google profile and the spam calls dropped off immediately. I do custom work and only locally so I don’t want to cast a wide net.

    I wrote my number on a piece of paper and took a picture of it and uploaded that. A low tech captcha.

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      1 year ago

      I’m lucky enough to have laws against spam calling, so it’s just emails

      • Fuck spez@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        If you’re looking for a way to cut down on these, you might want to try using a contact form on your website to conceal your email address. It’ll still forward submissions to your email but without revealing your address. Most decent web hosts with site editor tools will provide that kind of functionality without requiring any coding/development knowledge. That said, your existing address is pretty much toast at this point so you’ll need a new one regardless.

        If these messages are being sent to a domain contact via public registration info, well, there’s your problem. Those contacts should either be burner email addresses or be hidden behind private domain registration.