Google adds a scam-detection feature, built on RCS, to Android 12 and later that verifies whether a call is coming from the caller's actual Android smartphone
Available for Android 12 and later, the anti-scam feature is baked into Google Dialer, which sends a silent “confirmation signal” …
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@racheltobac
Rachel Tobac
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Ok, so how does fake call detection work?! 1. Attacker impersonates your contact by spoofing their number + voice cloning to steal your money, data, access, etc. 2. Your device knows your real contact's ‘digital handshake’ confirmation signal, so when it's missing, it notices. 3.…
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@backlon
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Me: RCS end-to-end encryption is a huge deal! Everybody: Okay Dieter. RCS: Here, I also can help protect against fake calls and scammers. Me: I been sayin!
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@racheltobac
Rachel Tobac
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Honored to see the hard work I got to share with the @Google team last year continue into 2026 and beyond with the fake call detection launch today! Programmatically catching and shutting down the latest phone call scams (including AI voice clones) is so close to my everyday work…
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@racheltobac
Rachel Tobac
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WHOA @Google let me know they saw my tweet below last year & built a tool to defend against this exact call spoofing + AI voice clone attack! As of today, fake call detection on Android alerts when someone is impersonating your contact. Demo & thread of how it catches attackers: …
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Dave Kleidermacher
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When we sat down with Lily Hay Newman at WIRED, she wasn't expecting to hear her own cloned voice asking for money from a spoofed number. …
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NEW: Android users, your scam call-detection is about to get a lot better. @lhn.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/androi...
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Android Is Fighting Phone Scams With a New Feature to Prove Who's Calling