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Hypothetically speaking, how could one go about retaliating against this? If one could identify the source numbers, could one set up a network of counter-robodi
by cheetos 12y ago
Hypothetically speaking, how could one go about retaliating against this? If one could identify the source numbers, could one set up a network of counter-robodialers and effectively DDOS them?
- cmdrfred 12y agoIf you want to spend a couple bucks you can use Twilio's api to spam the hell out of them.
- taf2 12y agodon't to that please. 1. you could get it wrong. 2. that is not the intended use for an API like that. 3. it would be better if you spent your time to report or collect information to help law enforcement catch them. It might be fun to use the API to hurt them but you're effectively stooping to their level if you did... and in the process remember you're hurting twilio if you do that.
- thrownaway2424 12y agoI was thinking more like drone strikes. As with fax spam and email spam, these people deserve death. With 7 billion people hanging around the last thing we need is a handful of first-world career criminals.
- Scoundreller 12y agoSay "Oh yes, I will get them, just wait a few moments", then put the phone down and come back some time later. ELIZA or other natural language responder could be effective too.