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RevK ​:verified_r:​ @revk@toot.me.uk
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That is genius!

Update:

LOL, someone reported me to, err, me... The first report I have ever had!

Seems I have to clarify.

All junk calls I get, are either not legal under PECR, or actually fraudulent. I am assuming this is the nature of this call. If not, then not so funny.

I have zero sympathy for someone that works for criminals. Arguing that the only job you can get is working for criminals does not justify it. Sorry. But that is my free speech opinion.

So I won't be suspending myself.
Image showing a humorous social media post by Chris Blasko dated August 5, 2014, about a conversation with a telemarketer. The post details how he pretended to be an IT administrator and tricked the telemarketer into performing a reset
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Océane @oceane@peculiar.florist
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@revk I'm not sure you understand how much stress this person has put on a delocalized worker, who's already alienated in normal conditions, having to follow a route made by white collar workers. He may have a family to feed and he isn't the problem himself. He may have been fired, or at best he's lost an hour of paid labor while fearing losing his job, in great distress.

This is only funny for ignorant people, and there's arguably racism in that. Do better.
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RevK ​:verified_r:​ @revk@toot.me.uk
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@oceane I'd only do it to someone that is a an unlawful junk caller - which is most of them - and I would assume such in this case.
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Océane @oceane@peculiar.florist
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@revk This is unlawful in your country, not in theirs. This person has a job contract. There's no need to be rude with them actually – I generally politely tell them that I'm broke, that I dont own my home, that I'm going to switch to an associative ISP but that their employer is great, and then they leave me alone.

In the worst case, I've asked them to tell me who had given them my contact info, I had to contact them thrice and threaten them to file a GDPR complaint if I didn't have my answer, and then the female worker has somehow negociated not to call me anymore in exchange of not giving me this information, and they didn't call me on behalf of their client since 2022. I was telling her all along the way that I didn't mean to harm her but that this really was about another data broker, but she was stressed anyway.

Your "I'd only do it to someone that is an unlawful junk caller" looks like a coded way to say "I wouldn't do that to a white worker from a national call center"…
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