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aleksiy123 a day ago

I wanted to build this for phone numbers at some point but it was way outside of my skill level at the time.

I feel like unique address per sender, receiver pair could cut down on so much spam.

And you can see exactly who is leaking your info.

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popupeyecare a day ago | parent [-]

I built https://statphone.com which is one emergency number that dials multiple people and shows up as itself on the caller ID so you know it's urgent.

You can use the same tech to build throwaway accounts like you are envisioning. Problem is that it would be prohibitively expensive.

	▲	schrodinger 20 hours ago \| parent [-]
		This is a great idea, but I think it's worth reconsidering the "first person to answer, handles it" logic. All the folks who didn't answer in time are now panicked with no idea what's going on. Instead, you could make it so anyone who answers after the first person starts out muted and hears a message like: "Uncle Bob's on the line, press 1 to join the call or stay on the line to listen quietly." They could then choose whether or not to join in. Just a thought! Great idea nonetheless — I'd buy it if I had a valid use case! Great idea nonetheless though!