jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoReal criminals, fake victims: how chatbots are being deployed in the global fight against phone scammerswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1200arrow-down15
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minus-squareBubbleMonkey@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up62·4 months agoKeep in mind that all of these could be more or less stopped if there was any real desire to do so. But there isn’t. https://www.consumerreports.org/consumerist/phone-companies-can-filter-out-robocalls-they-just-arent-doing-it/
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-24 months agoIt’s much easier to take phones away from students than to stop profiting from theft.
Keep in mind that all of these could be more or less stopped if there was any real desire to do so.
But there isn’t.
https://www.consumerreports.org/consumerist/phone-companies-can-filter-out-robocalls-they-just-arent-doing-it/
It’s much easier to take phones away from students than to stop profiting from theft.