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I don't think this is going to DDoS the scammers by calling them back; I think the point is you just transfer the inbound call to his bot -- the success rate on

I don't think this is going to DDoS the scammers by calling them back; I think the point is you just transfer the inbound call to his bot -- the success rate on these things is so low, if he's got good enough penetration the false positives will overwhelm the true positives. I think, anyway. Spent five minutes reading the post and other parts of the blog, and dimly recall seeing something from this project posted previously. Happy to be proven wrong.

rconti 10y ago
"As fast as you can report fake “you have a virus call this number now” messages to me, I will be able to hit them with thousands of calls from bots. It’s like when the pirate ship turns “broadside” on an enemy in order to attack with all cannons simultaneously." But it's late, and I'm too tired to read the rest of his blog posts.