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    Image of DontFeedTheTrolls DontFeedTheTrolls
    04/03/09

    In reply to Privus's BlackBerry Caller ID App Is $60
    After checking out their promo commercial on their YouTube channel

    ) I see now why it costs $60. They need to cover the costs of hiring the amazingly convincing SUPER HOTT chick who i would so-give-my-number-to-in-the-club, and cost of production work on that commercial that puts anything Billy Mays to shame.
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    Image of DontFeedTheTrolls DontFeedTheTrolls
    04/03/09

    Oh and BTW, that $60 price tag only covers a 1 year subscription: [www.privusmobile.info]
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    Image of kalenoble kalenoble
    04/03/09

    In reply to Privus's BlackBerry Caller ID App Is $60
    wait, is the upgrade to the full version? or did I miss something?? $60US = €2.55????
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    Image of ScottRose ScottRose
    04/03/09

    @kalenoble: I was confused too, but methinks that the low price is per month, and the $60 is yearly subscription (??). From [www.privusmobile.com] :



    Which is even worse than the $3.43 that Tristan Smith came up with. $5/mo = $60 per year tho.

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    Image of Mikestan Mikestan
    04/03/09

    In reply to Privus's BlackBerry Caller ID App Is $60
    Why not just not answer any (800),(877),(888), or any other strange numbers. Works just as great.
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    Image of ScottRose ScottRose
    04/03/09

    @Mikestan: Unfortunately my bank, dealership and car insurance companies all have 866 or 800 area codes when they call me.. I probably get more illegitimate calls from "regular" area codes, but by "regular" I of course mean Alabama and Kansas.


    (Apparently they are very concerned about my car's warranty in Alabama and Kansas).

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    04/03/09

    In reply to Privus's BlackBerry Caller ID App Is $60
    That is something I've been wondering about recently: Why does my landline display the caller's name, and not my cell? Seems backwards, especially in 2009.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    04/03/09

    @ScottRose: Especially considering how much more one pays for cell service.
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    Image of daftrok daftrok
    04/03/09

    In reply to Privus's BlackBerry Caller ID App Is $60
    And this is why God created hacking.
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    Image of DontFeedTheTrolls DontFeedTheTrolls
    04/03/09

    @daftrok: So people can charge $60 for a caller ID app?
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    Image of qbrad qbrad
    04/03/09

    In reply to Privus's BlackBerry Caller ID App Is $60
    This is just the first testbed of "I'm Rich" for BlackBerry.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    04/03/09

    In reply to Privus's BlackBerry Caller ID App Is $60
    I Am Rich Lite


    Now with 4% more usefullness

     Reply
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    Image of Nick Nick
    04/03/09

    In reply to Privus's BlackBerry Caller ID App Is $60
    Gwen Stefani and the forgotten members of No Doubt would love this app.
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    Image of so_gracefully so_gracefully
    02/17/09

    In reply to TrapCall Displays Blocked Numbers on Your Caller ID
    Awesome. I'm a therapist, I call clients from my home phone sometimes because I have a blocked number, and have previously not worried that anyone was going to come to my house and murder me. NOT ANYMORE!
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    02/17/09

    @so_gracefully: You're a The Rapist?


    I'll take Penis Mightiers for $400 Alex.

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    Image of u mad sarah?!>>!! unicorns aint reel u mad sarah?!>>!! unicorns aint reel
    02/17/09

    In reply to TrapCall Displays Blocked Numbers on Your Caller ID
    "Expose victims?" Like, "Help, I'm being murdered, but I don't want my number floating around!"
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    u mad sarah?!>>!! unicorns aint reel was starred u mad sarah?!>>!! unicorns aint reel was unstarred
    Image of Evil J, Prince of Half Truths and Lord of Low-Light Environments Evil J, Prince of Half Truths and Lord of Low-Light Environments
    02/17/09

    @u mad sarah?!>>!! unicorns aint reel:
    The concern is that someone (like a battered spouse) contacting their abuser with an un-blocked number could lead to that person finding them.


    The Wired article discusses one such case where an unblocked number led to a murder...


    Of course, my solution? Don't call people who want to kill you. Ever.

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    Image of BeautifulAgony BeautifulAgony
    02/17/09

    @Evil J: "Of course, my solution? Don't call people who want to kill you. Ever."


    Yah, but, they may not want to kill you until after talking to you on the phone... awkward.

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    Image of CrispyAardvark CrispyAardvark
    02/17/09

    In reply to TrapCall Displays Blocked Numbers on Your Caller ID
    They have a link on their site to "Spoof Card", which supposedly spoofs your caller ID to "make your calls truly private".


    So on their own site they have a service that negates the main service they offer?

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    Image of balls187 balls187
    02/17/09

    @CrispyAardvark: Doesn't that make sense?


    It's like make a virus scanner, then release a virus to drive sales.

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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    02/17/09

    @CrispyAardvark:


    Phase 1) Supply Disease.

    Phase 2) Supply Cure.

    Phase 3) Profit!

    Phase 4) Repeat.

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    Image of marc_with_a_c marc_with_a_c
    02/17/09

    In reply to TrapCall Displays Blocked Numbers on Your Caller ID
    NICE! Be damned salesman and bill collectors!
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    Image of BeautifulAgony BeautifulAgony
    02/17/09

    @marc_with_a_c: Well if you'd just pay for the stuff you agreed to buy from the earlier sales calls, maybe this wouldn't be happening! ;)
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    Image of Microshock Microshock
    02/17/09

    In reply to TrapCall Displays Blocked Numbers on Your Caller ID
    I like this even though i can't get it. Too many private calls for my liking with some kid calling and fapping on the phone
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    02/17/09

    @Microshock: Hmm, I'm not familiar with the term "fapping" but in that context I'm pretty sure I don't want to be.
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    Image of BeautifulAgony BeautifulAgony
    02/17/09

    @tande04: Because knowledge is power...


    [en.wiktionary.org]


    (etymology 2)

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