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I trapped scammers in an impossible maze [video]

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Re: I trapped scammers in an impossible maze [video]

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Post by protonmail » Wed, Nov 08, 2023, 9:06 AM UTC

dalmo3 wrote: post #121

EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK wrote: post #48

You are all laughing, but I was just presented with an impossible captcha trying to login into my OpenAI account, that I pay $20/month for. To solve the captcha, I need to click the puzzle 80 (!) times, and if I make a mistake, I should start everything anew. That's totally not funny. Had to cancel the subscription. Anyway, Phind is faster and better quality.

I'm also cancelling my Proton VPN subscription after being captcha-ed for minutes IN THE DESKTOP APP.

This doesn't sound right at all. Could you please report this to us at: https://protonvpn.com/support-form, so we can take a closer look?

Re: I trapped scammers in an impossible maze [video]

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Post by RobKohr » Fri, Nov 10, 2023, 11:03 PM UTC

I don't do anything fancy, but I like to be a telemarketing (usually just scams) speedbump.

I am slightly skeptical, but kinda hesitantly agreeable, and try to keep them on the phone as long as possible and go through as many levels of their org as possible and mess with the end sales person.

If just 1% of all people did this, I think it would kill telemarketing. AI bots though are starting to make it annoying. I try to get through their screening questions and get to a human, but sometimes it is clear there is no human to reach.

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