Yep, the Federal Trade Commission still hates robocalls as much as you do. The agency has launched a contest where you’ll get a $25,000 top prize if you develop technology that sends illegal automated telemarketing to a honeypot system, which makes it easier to study calls and catch perpetrators. You have up until the evening of June 15th to qualify your bot trap, and the winner will be decided at a Def Con showdown on August 9th. The payout certainly isn’t large, but think of this as doing the country a favor — you may save millions from listening to Rachel from card services over and over again.
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Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless, Mobile
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Via: Motherboard
Source: FTC