Thursday, April 4, 2013

FTC reveals $50,000 Robocall Challenge winners, alarms Rachel from card services (video)

FTC reveals winners of its antirobocall contest

The FTC has managed to find two non-violent solutions to its Robocall Challenge, aimed at blocking auto-dialing telemarketers, thanks to winners Serdar Danis and Aaron Foss. The pair, who will receive $25,000 each, came up with variations on a system that would pre-screen calls before ringing your phone while allowing the FTC to blacklist known scammers at the same time. Google took a non-cash prize in a separate category with a scheme that would foil caller-ID spoofing often used by boiler rooms like the notorious "Rachel from card services" outfit, which has over a hundred numeric aliases. The FTC receives a whopping 200,000 complaints per month about the nuisance and screened nearly 800 submissions (see the More Coverage link), many of which show a certain, shall we say, passion for the topic. Check winner Foss' video submission after the break.

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Via: Huffington Post

Source: FTC

Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/YJsi73Ay4WU/

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