Joker@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoAI tool that sounds like elderly grandmother created to waste scammers' timewww.mylondon.newsexternal-linkmessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1577arrow-down11
arrow-up1576arrow-down1external-linkAI tool that sounds like elderly grandmother created to waste scammers' timewww.mylondon.newsJoker@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square48fedilink
minus-squareCosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 days agoI wonder if mobile providers are still getting paid for long distance calls. Because if they are, they have a perverse incentive to keep scammers on the line. Which, in this isolated case, I’m okay with.
minus-squareBenjaben@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoBut don’t you see?! Those increased expenses will just be passed along to the scammed! (No actual point here just thought it was funny to compare to the logic we hear for not punishing other abusive businesses)
I wonder if mobile providers are still getting paid for long distance calls. Because if they are, they have a perverse incentive to keep scammers on the line.
Which, in this isolated case, I’m okay with.
But don’t you see?! Those increased expenses will just be passed along to the scammed!
(No actual point here just thought it was funny to compare to the logic we hear for not punishing other abusive businesses)