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CALL BLOCKER
FIREWALL: ROBO
CALL BLOCKER: THE
APP EQUIVALENT
OF KRYPTONITE
AGAINST IPHONE
ROBOCALLS
BY J.R. BOOKWALTER
According to The New York Times (go.
macworld.com/48bl), upwards of 48 billion
Americans were hounded by robocalls in
2018, an increase of 56.8 percent over the
previous year. That averages out to
roughly 150 scam, telemarketing, and
unwanted calls annually for every adult
with a phone—a number expected to
balloon higher in the future.
That’s precisely why a cottage industry
flourishes on the App Store, supplying tools
to combat this menace. Unfortunately, most
call blocker solutions rely on outdated,
ineffective blacklists, or worse yet, require
users to do the heavy lifting by reporting
rogue numbers as they pop up. A new app