Peter Moylan
2024-10-01 11:32:27 UTC
Meet Lenny, the voice chatbot that can be used against
telemarketers and phone scammers.
<https://www.kaspersky.com.au/blog/35c3-lenny-voice-chatbot/21894/>
I got this recommendation on a technical mailing list where we were
discussing phone scams. You set it up so that Lenny takes over the phone
call when you detect an unwanted call. Scammers typically don't notice
that it's a fake, and will sometimes stay on the line for ages.
Many years ago I met a variant of this idea. I knew some people who
would give the phone to the baby to play with. Of course in those days
it was mostly telemarketers rather than scammers [1], but the principle
was the same.
[1] Can't tell the difference? If you see a body on the road, and don't
know whether it's a scammer or a telemarketer, there's a simple test.
There will be skid marks in front of a telemarketer.
telemarketers and phone scammers.
<https://www.kaspersky.com.au/blog/35c3-lenny-voice-chatbot/21894/>
I got this recommendation on a technical mailing list where we were
discussing phone scams. You set it up so that Lenny takes over the phone
call when you detect an unwanted call. Scammers typically don't notice
that it's a fake, and will sometimes stay on the line for ages.
Many years ago I met a variant of this idea. I knew some people who
would give the phone to the baby to play with. Of course in those days
it was mostly telemarketers rather than scammers [1], but the principle
was the same.
[1] Can't tell the difference? If you see a body on the road, and don't
know whether it's a scammer or a telemarketer, there's a simple test.
There will be skid marks in front of a telemarketer.
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Peter Moylan ***@pmoylan.org http://www.pmoylan.org
Newcastle, NSW
Peter Moylan ***@pmoylan.org http://www.pmoylan.org
Newcastle, NSW