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Re: Verified by Twilio

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Post by HugoHobling »

badrequest wrote: post #30
HugoHobling wrote: post #19

I know it's overkill, but this is my current setup for my phone numbers. I treat phone numbers the same way I do my email address: I use different numbers for different purposes. 1. I have a "clean" phone number I only share with friends/family. Certain prefixes and phone number actually receive next to zero spam calls. This number has received 2 calls in the years I've had it. 2. I have a phone number I share with c…

Out of curiosity, how much does this setup cost you to run per month? My main aversion to Twilio is their awkward pricing scheme.

Hardly anything.

SIP calls through Twilio are $1/month plus $0.004 per minute for incoming calls. The spam scoring APIs are "costly", and maybe cost $0.01 combined per lookup.

Google Speech Recognition and TTS are virtually free for my use case. Asterisk can easily run on a $5/month VPS.

Re: Verified by Twilio

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Post by dsl »

ufmace wrote: post #7

Well that's cool I guess. But: 1. How are they partnering with all of the device companies to get this on at least most phones? That'd be interesting to know. 2. I guess somebody has to type that intro text. As long as they're doing that, why bother with a normal call? How about just sending the text instead. Or send a text and let me call back for more details when it suits me, either right away or in 10 minutes. It…

> How are they partnering with all of the device companies to get this on at least most phones?

They are partnering with the existing spam filtering apps that users have already installed on Android and iOS. No need to involve the vendors or carriers.

Re: Verified by Twilio

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Post by whitehouse3 »

bobbiechen wrote: post #24
gregmac wrote: post #10

I was just reviewing my call detail records on my "home" number yesterday, and realizing that the vast majority are spam - we pretty much don't answer that phone. This got me thinking about alternatives to even ringing for any unrecognised numbers, such as an IVR menu that said something like "Hi, we're screening spam, press 4 2 if you're a real person". I'm not sure how that'd be accepted by, for example, the dentis…

>Has anyone set something like that up? Yes! I did "Captcha for phone calls" for a school project earlier this year. It would play a quick message along the lines of "Hey, to ring my phone just enter these numbers: XYZ", and redirect the call to my phone if the captcha was correct. The challenge was redirecting calls to the challenge even if they were originally directed to my phone number - the solution was to write…

Off topic: what kind of watch?

Re: Verified by Twilio

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Post by cookie_monsta »

> 70% of consumers don’t answer a call if the caller’s number is anonymous. While that might cut down the number of unwanted robocalls, it also potentially prevents consumers from receiving vital communications—calls from the doctor, banks that are flagging issues, schools calling about parents’ children.

A message to my doctor, bank, kids' school, etc: if you call me on a private/unknown number and don't leave a voicemail (because I can assure you that I am in that 70%) I will assume that you are spam. You don't need Twilio for this, just some basic phone etiquette.

Re: Verified by Twilio

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Post by kerkeslager »

Just what we need, another startup injecting themselves into our lives. And then for the right price, "acceptable robocalls" can be Verified by Twilio™!

SHAKEN/STIR[1] is a much more network-agnostic solution to the same problem, using essentially the same, well-established technology used by internet certificate authorities. As such, it has all the same basic problems that CAs do, but it's a hell of a lot better than tightly coupling yourself to Twilio.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adblock_Plus#Controversies

[2] https://www.consumerreports.org/robocalls/spoofed-robocalls-...

Re: Verified by Twilio

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Post by ozmbie »

HugoHobling wrote: post #19

I know it's overkill, but this is my current setup for my phone numbers. I treat phone numbers the same way I do my email address: I use different numbers for different purposes. 1. I have a "clean" phone number I only share with friends/family. Certain prefixes and phone number actually receive next to zero spam calls. This number has received 2 calls in the years I've had it. 2. I have a phone number I share with c…

Is this a uniquely American problem?

My Australian mobile phone receives maybe one spam call per year. It’s my single phone and I give out the number to various businesses and people.

Re: Verified by Twilio

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Post by pjohri »

With the new iOS beta allowing non recognized callers (not in address book) go straight to voice mail, I see little use for this service now than before.
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