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Brick phones will ring in an unlikely revival (www.reuters.com)
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Smartphone makers will soon face an unlikely competitor. Concerns about the impact of social media are driving demand for old-school Nokia brick-like handsets...

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Make phone companies legally responsible for giving thousands of new phone numbers to scammers. They have zero control on who they give phone numbers because that's cheaper.

The sooner one of their CEOs is put in prison over that they will take immediate measures to only give phone number to legit companies.