FTC To Trap Robocallers With Open Source Software

Posted by Soulskill on Friday July 18, 2014 @09:56AM from the about-bloody-time dept.

coondoggie writes: The Federal Trade Commission today announced the rules for its second robocall exterminating challenge, known this time as Zapping Rachel Robocall Contest. 'Rachel From Cardholder Services,' was a large robocall scam the agency took out in 2012. The agency will be hosting a contest at next month's DEF CON security conference to build open-source methods to lure robocallers into honeypots and to predict which calls are robocalls. They'll be awarding cash prizes for the top solutions.

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Re:Really? by Anonymous Coward · 2014-07-18 11:55 · Score: 0, Troll

the FTC runs rachel from cardholder services.
any open-source detections techniques will be used by rachel in reverse to strengthen her further.
you're all puppets.
the ONLY solution to the problem is wasting their time and breaking their spirits deep within. or gas showers, your pick.