[GRLUG] $50K Prize if You Find Way to Block Robocalls

[Tim Schmidt]

On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
> As the intermediary, you check the incoming call for a "spamminess"
> factor. If it feels spammy, you put it through an audio captcha or
> other challenge/response verification step.

Audio captchas will be cracked the same way regular ones have been.
There's huge incentive, and automation already built into the process.

The only way it would really work is to do per-line spamminess, and
block the whole line if it crosses a threshold, until a human gets in
contact with the company to rectify it.

Unfortunately, that's a pretty heavy hammer to occasionally drop on
regular folk.