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> Access from your Country was disabled by the administrator. Is this going to be a new normal?
it's been the norm for awhile. many streaming services have extremely strict policies on where you can watch content, many site owners set up regional blocking if you aren't showing as from the US without VPN, even some fairly major US store chains won't let you _look_ at the site if you're not showing as from the US without vpn. it's also very common for sites behind cloud flare to either just completely block you o…
ChatGPT is also a brilliant tool for helping telemarketers and scammers. A few people pranking them and wasting their time does little to disperse the tsunami fraudulent calls and emails enabled by LLMs.
Soon it will just be AIs fighting AIs on the phone battle field. Probably a net good, because if it gets too bad it will force the government to fix the situation.
A couple years ago I committed to answering all phone calls and keeping spammers on the line as long as possible. Within a couple weeks it had real effect, and now I’m legitimately excited when the rare spammer calls me. Probably 2h net investment for the near-guarantee that calls to my phone are legit. Totally worth it. Steps: (1) If it’s a robot, punch numbers until you get to a human. (2) Act like you’re 120yrs ol…
Best to avoid hitting any numbers. It's a good way to accidentally "agree" to charges billed to your phone number.
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I'll do you one better: When they call, sincerely start asking them questions about the identity of their business: location, name, ownership, etc. Usually they'll hang up. Call them back over and over with these questions. Then after a few calls, explain that you know how to use "VOIP APIs" and that you will be happy to spend $100 to DOS attack their call center. That would be illegal, but typically they're in no po…
You can shortcut all the effort with eight words, in my experience: "Would you like to join a trade union?"
A couple years ago I committed to answering all phone calls and keeping spammers on the line as long as possible. Within a couple weeks it had real effect, and now I’m legitimately excited when the rare spammer calls me. Probably 2h net investment for the near-guarantee that calls to my phone are legit. Totally worth it. Steps: (1) If it’s a robot, punch numbers until you get to a human. (2) Act like you’re 120yrs ol…
I'll bash the numbers to check if next time I get a human.
ChatGPT is also a brilliant tool for helping telemarketers and scammers. A few people pranking them and wasting their time does little to disperse the tsunami fraudulent calls and emails enabled by LLMs.
Soon it will just be AIs fighting AIs on the phone battle field. Probably a net good, because if it gets too bad it will force the government to fix the situation.