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I built a whitelisting phone system for my aging dad with Twilio, an OBi200 VoIP adapter, and gcloud for transcribing untrusted calls sent to voicemail. (US sp
by jeremyw 7y ago
I built a whitelisting phone system for my aging dad with Twilio, an OBi200 VoIP adapter, and gcloud for transcribing untrusted calls sent to voicemail.
(US specific) If you think the aggressive IRS and Sheriff scams are bad -- you've committed a crime only $100 _right now_ will solve! -- the shakedowns targeting enfeebled senior citizens are truly sinister.
Which is to say, people who care for seniors (children of, part time caregivers, etc) are an unserved audience for tools like yours. I would have paid for one had it existed.
- davidajackson 7y agoGood to hear, it's sad to see grandparents/parents get scammed. I've had a few senior citizens getting these types of scams use CallStop to protect their cell and landline. It feels good to be helping them.
- tehlike 7y agoAndroid/google got better with this past few years...