Comment by kjellsbells

> opt in to a sensible but restrictive plan, and allowlist trusted

The irony is that the end users have built this by themselves: ignore all calls unless they are from a known contact, at best, diverting the rest to voicemail. Basically each user builds a 1-deep network of trust. Sad that it had to come to this.

There's are argument that says this is all a side effect of a technological innovation: the rise of VoIP/SIP over TDM.