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I've contemplated an Asterisk-like system that intercepts all incoming calls, and uses very long extensions (e.g., 7 or more digits.) Every time I needed to gi
by DoofusOfDeath 8y ago
I've contemplated an Asterisk-like system that intercepts all incoming calls, and uses very long extensions (e.g., 7 or more digits.)
Every time I needed to give somebody my phone number, I would select an unused extension, add it to a white-list, and tell the recipient they could reach me at that particular extension.
Any incoming call that failed to enter a white-listed extension would be routed to a voice response menu that a real human could easily navigate, but a robocaller could not.
So far I haven't seen anything like this.
- flyinghamster 8y agoEven a single digit is sufficient to stop these bastards. At least for now. I anticipate a cat-and-mouse game, and maybe the multiple-digit idea (or a more sophisticated CAPTCHA) might become necessary. CAPTCHA idea: have the caller key in the answer to a simple mathematical question.
- rdtsc 8y agoHow about a system that picks up and plays this message "if you're a human press 7 (or other digit)". Then wait a few seconds then hang up. If they press the right digit, the phone call gets patched through otherwise it hangs up.
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- lozf 8y agoYears ago someone made a script where Asterisk would answer immediately with a short burst of number unavailable tone - too short for a human to hang up, but long enough for robo caller to detect and hopefully take off it's active numbers list, in the hope of reducing automated calls... not sure if it's still around, or if the robocallers got wise to it.