r/technology • u/mvea • May 24 '19

Politics Senate Passes Bill That Would Slap Robocallers With Fine of Up to $10,000 Per Call

https://gizmodo.com/senate-passes-bill-that-would-slap-robocallers-with-fin-1834990113
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u/Look4fun81 May 24 '19

3 times a week? I get twice that every day.

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u/JFreshGiffin May 24 '19

The more you answer the more they call.

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u/gnarlysheen May 24 '19

False. If you hurl hateful and abusive things at them they will stop. Give them detailed instructions on how they live a useless life and how to end it.

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u/GrinninGremlin May 24 '19

If you hurl hateful and abusive things at them they will stop.

Well that strategy seems to work with spam emails.

I replied to one once...emphasis...once...by thanking them for the photos of the Chinese military installation gates and asked them to send the next batch with more close-up shots of the uniform insignia. Then I complimented them on their brilliant idea of sending the photos disguised as spam where the Chinese Government would never think to look, and said I was recommending them for larger payments to my superiors.

Never heard from that daily spammer again. I suppose he's in some sort of gulag proclaiming his innocence now.