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mhzsh | 4 years ago

Then phone spam would be replaced by fraud, similar to what already happens with premium number fraud: https://www.twilio.com/learn/voice-and-video/toll-fraud

A bot tricks a voice service to call them, then rakes in fees.

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radford-neal|4 years ago

To be vulnerable to the 25 cent charge, you have to make a phone call. Why is anyone setting up a bot to make huge number of phone calls? The phone system is meant for people to make phone calls to other people.

mhzsh|4 years ago

For types of 2FA, sadly. AWS also does it to verify your phone number when you create an account.