#robocallers

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Whatever you do, don’t say yes when this chatbot asks, 'Can you hear me?'

This scam is an indication of what can be expected from scammers and telemarketers as automated “conversational agents” play an increasingly large role in interacting with humans.

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This Guy Found a Way to Block Robocalls When Phone Companies Wouldn’t

Aaron Foss won a $25,000 cash prize from the Federal Trade Commission for figuring out how eliminate all those annoying robocalls that dial into your phone from a world of sleazy marketers. The year was 2013. Using a little telephone hackery, Foss found a