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

[Adam Tauno Williams]

On Wed, 2012-11-07 at 10:26 -0500, Tim Schmidt wrote:
> 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.

And would involve the provider cutting / blocking access to someone who
is paying them for access.  Never happen.