With a Call Check, Telecom customers should be protected against suspicious calls. Telekom is already the second Handynetz operator in Germany to implement such a system.

After Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom has now also launched a system that warns customers of phone calls. The so-called call check automatically protects all customers and customers from possible suspicious calls, shared the company in Bonn with. trustworthy is detected, then the sign appears on the smartphone display followed by the hint “Caution, possible trust!”. The calls come not only from Germany, but also from the Netherlands, Austria, Italy and the United Kingdom.

Vodafone is ahead, O2 remains waitingVodafone has activated a similar warning system already in May, since this spam-warning company has already hit 50 million alarms. Only twelve percent of calls are answered, however, when anonymous calls – so if no number appears in the display – the answer quota is 60 percent. The third established Handynetz operator in Germany, O2 Telefónica, has not yet activated such an alarm system for its customers and customers. Seconds – so very briefly, which is a good sign: Presumably most callers put on the hat and quickly put it back on even before the accuser could complete his rhetorical tricks.”Appellants are often very skilled at that, presumably by his Gambling or begging,” warns Marc Atkins, head of the cyber-security center at Vodafone Germany. Such methods often serve to request sensitive information such as bank details or passwords. “Be skeptical and don’t give out any personal data on the phone,” the security expert warns.